rich 1.0 This episode of KM0 is available on our free-to-air feed for a limited time, and for Friends of the Podcast subscribers permanently and ad-free. To sign up, and support the show, go to thecyclingpodcast.com (https://thecyclingpodcast.com/) In the final part of our trilogy remembering the 1986 Tour de France, Lionel Birnie speaks to the Canadian rider Alex Stieda. In 1986, the 7-Eleven team became the first American squad to ride the Tour and Stieda was the lone Canadian, alongside eight from the USA and a Mexican to line up for the prologue in the west of Paris. As he was wearing No.210 – the last man on the huge start list – he was first to roll down the start ramp for the opening time trial. He set a great time too, and ended the stage in 21st place. But it was the following day that he was to make Canadian cycling history. It was a split stage, with a short road race in the morning and the team time trial in the afternoon. And for Stieda he experienced the extremes of the Tour de France in a single day – floating on top of the world in the morning, and racing for survival in the afternoon... This episode was produced by Huw Owen. The Cycling Podcast https://audioboom.com/channels/1405050-the-cycling-podcast Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43736831/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8926497/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>