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WHEEL OF HISTORY

It’s something we’ve all tried at least once – plugging our name into Google to see who shares our moniker. But for Adelaide council worker Sarah Maddock, that tiny act of egosurfing led to a big adventure.

Back in the early 2000s, Sarah Maddock discovered that she shared a name with a notable woman from Australia’s cycling history. Reading through her namesake’s entry on

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