File photo dated 06/07/1956 of Brian Robinson (right) leading fellow competitors Andre Darrigade of France, centre, and Swiss Fritz Schaer, near the end of the first stage of 138 miles from Rheims to Liege in the Tour de France.
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21 July 2012
File photo dated 20/07/12 of Brian Robinson, 81, who was the first Briton ever to win a stage of the Tour de France, who has paid tribute to Bradley Wiggins's "fantastic" achievement in this year's event which "puts British cycling at the top of the tree" outside his home in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.