Barry Hoban, British cycling legend and Tour de France icon, dies aged 85
Yorkshire-born cyclist won eight stages of Tour de France Famously beat Eddy Merckx at Gent-Wevelgem in 1974 Barry Hoban, the British cycling Icon and eight-time Tour de France stage winner has died aged 85. Hoban was a pioneer of cycling in the UK in the 1960s and 70s and blazed a trail for cyclists such…
