Only two days until the start of the first Grand Tour of the year, the Giro d'Italia.

Unfortunately, the only free TV coverage this year is on S4C and S4CHD and the commentary will be in Welsh. Although that might appeal to some of you

For those of you not familiar with the arcane rules of the cycling governing body, a Grand Tour is a major stage race, (currently a national tour), over three weeks of racing.

In the build up here is a quiz question:

Who was the first British professional cyclist to win a three week tour?

If you find this easy, can you state the race and year?