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Cycling 19 August, 1959

wenty-one-year-old Tom Simpson announced his arrival on the world scene with an impressive-sounding fourth place at the professional World Championship road race in Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Impressive-sounding, as the report paints the picture of a race

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