Michael Indurain, the Last Emperor

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Each champion exercises in his own way. Each legend has his own time. Each king of the Tour possesses eternity. Immortals in memory, in collective memory. Jacques Anquetil, Monsieur Crono, elegant and fluid, dominated the 60s of the last century.

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It was on July 23, 1995 when Miguel Indurain (Villava, Navarra, 61) entered the history of the Tour by becoming the first cyclist to win five consecutive times the yellow jersey in Paris, a figure that also allowed him to enter the select “Club of the 5”, along with Jacques Anquetil, Eddy [...]

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When television was the only screen in every home, watching the Tour together after lunch was a summer tradition in many homes, then the newspaper...

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The feat of finishing the gala round of leader five consecutive times allowed him to rise to the height of Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault