Notable riders included Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Raas, Gerrie Knetemann, Hennie Kuiper, Urs Freuler, Henk Lubberding, René Pijnen, Johan van der Velde and Dietrich Thurau.

Driving forces in those TTTs were Jan Raas and Gerrie Knetemann, who decided team tactics during the race.

In the last few kilometers before the finish, Raas began to shout and curse in order to wring out every last bit of energy.

Strong riders like time trial specialist Bert Oosterbosch should not increase the pace, but rather take longer turns.

It was not a problem when you were the weakest link, because in every team there are specialists for the mountain stages that won't be tough time trial riders.

Pronk didn't recuperate fast, and like every TI–Raleigh rider who was not a TT specialist, or had a bad day, he did fear the TTT that afternoon.

Raleigh's sponsoring goes back at least as far as 1893, when they had given Arthur Augustus Zimmerman two of their bicycles and advertised Zimmy riding them.

Over the years, they've sponsored a whole range of cyclists and teams, based in Great Britain, the Netherlands, the United States of America, Switzerland, Canada and Argentina.

Gerrie Knetemann (to Europ Decor) and Johan van der Velde (to Metauro) did not join the division.

[7] In the next nine years, the gap and the animosity grew, and it culminated into a breakaway standstill in the Tour de France of 1992.