Retro Photo of the Day: Criterium International 1987

Photo: Presse Sport, from Cyclisme International No. 15, May 1987 Kelly & Roche. Yikes..was it really 24 years ago? Somewhere over there back then I picked up a copy of the old French magazine Cyclisme International featuring this great photo in a race report called "Cocktail Irlandais." I rescued it from my basement flood damage back in April. "Sorry honey, any and all cycling memorabilia from '87 has to stay. No discussion." It was day that would be the hors d'oeuvre to a year that was the apex of Celtic cycling. '87 was the year Stephen Roche won Giro, Tour and Worlds. Sean Kelly took the Nissan Classic back home, and very likely would have won the Vuelta d'Espana if a saddle boil hadn't forced his abandon while in the leaders jersey. No worries though, he simply came back to win the Vuelta in '88. U2's Joshua Tree was on the top of the charts, and Kelly and Roche were 1 and 2 on the UCI rankings. It was a part...