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References
- ↑ "Enrique Guerrikagoitia". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ "Tour de France 1991". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ "78ème Tour de France 1991". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012.
