Keith Turner was 21 when he went over for his first European season, and slept in his tent in snow and ice.
He was well known for being a team of one, he was his own mechanic - fixing all the faults that bikes threw up in those days.
He was there when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia, and reckons he was more known in Germany than back home in New Zealand.
He won second in the world in 1971. Keith is our guest for NZ Sporting History this week.
Photo: Supplied / Keith Turner
