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Hello, Chris.
I can't think of a British winner of the Giro or the Vuelta, so I would say Tour de France.

Sorry, and it was Wiggins.

Hi rusty
It depends very much on hoiw the question is phrased!
Who was the first Brit to win a grand tour?
Bradley Wiggins, TdF, 2012
Which was the first grand tour to be won by a Brit?
Vuelta a Espana, 2011 - awarded to Chris Froome in 2019 after a drug disqualification.
(Froome is also the first Brit to win the Giro, in 2018 - I say "Brit", but isn't he actually African?)

Sneaky, eh?

Long gap in the PCT - is elle still away?

Hello, Chris.
Ah, well done!
I had forgotten about the disqualification.
(And my GP tested my memory during the week and said it was excellent!)
Yes, Froome has raced for Kenya before.
I'm not sure how he qualifies for Britain!
He has certainly never lived here.
I thought the nearest a Brit got to winning the Giro was Simon Yates.
And from memory Wiggins was born in Belgium, but certainly has a British passport, and lives here.
I'll tell Elle you were asking for her, Chris.
I'd rather not say any more than that, just now.

Thanks, rusty.

I'm not sure that Wiggins qualifies as a "famous Belgian". There are some unexpected ones - Audrey Hepburn, for instance.

Hello, Chris,
I told Elle you had been asking for her.
She said to thank you for showing concern for her, and she hopes all is well with you.

Thanks for that, rusty. Yes, all fine here (apart from the rain and wind).

Best wishes to elle (and to you, of course).

HELLO!

Rusty, are you reading this? how are you?

The "Hello" thread will continue on here!

Elle, are you somewhere out there? Do you 'hear' me calling you?
Hope you read this and come give me some news.
How are you coping with things as they are at present, lockdown etc...
In fact, how did anyone cope?

Rusty, are you around as well? would love to hear from you:

bumping in the hope Elle or Rusty see it!