1972 when he won both the Tour and the Giro, coming fourth in the World road race. After his disappointment, Merckx broke the world hour record several weeks later. Ireland's Stephen Roche won the Giro and Tour in 1987. Later that year, with victory at the World road race championship in Villach in Austria, Roche became only the second to win the Triple Crown of Cycling. Indurain won the Giro-Tour double in both 1992 and 1993 and in both years he was very active in the World Road Race. In 1992 he finished sixth but in 1993 Indurain was very close to winning the Triple crown when he finished second behind Lance Armstrong. Winning one grand tour and world championship in one year Hinault was aiming for winning the triple crown during the 1980 season. That year he won the 1980 Giro d'Italia before going on to the 1980 Tour de France. However, during the Tour, Hinault suffered from knee injury and despite winning three stages, he left the race while leading the general classification. Several weeks later he became world champion in Salanches. In the table below are the results in other grand tours of cyclists who won the world championship and a grand tour in one year. DNF (did not finish) indicates that the cyclist started the race, but did not finish; DNE (did not enter) indicates that the cyclist did not enter the race. Other definitions Career Triple Crown Only eight riders have won the equivalent of a career Triple Crown, meaning two different grand tours and a Gold in the world championship road race. In addition to Merckx, Roche and Van Vleuten who won the triple crown in a single season they are Fausto Coppi, Jan Janssen, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk. Riders who have won at least two gold medals and three grand tours include Eddy Merckx (WC x 3, TdF x 5, Giro x 5, Vuelta x 1), Greg LeMond (WC x 2, TdF x 3), Alfredo Binda (WC x 3, Giro x 5), Annemiek van Vleuten (WC x 2, TdF x 1, Giro x 3), Marianne Vos (WC x 3, Giro x 3), and Anna Van der Breggen (WC x 2, Giro x 4). Winning all three grand tours in a career No rider has ever won all three grand tours in a single calendar year although Chris Froome and Jacques