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Three-time Giro d'Italia winner Giovanni Brunero posing with his crew.Lots of funny faces, like they would be the cast of a burlesque film.

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A family has a picnic at the side of the road while cyclists are riding in front of the during the Tour de France during the 1950s

Was the past really a better place?

In our supermodern 21st-centurian life, when everything is too chaotic and changing too fast, sometimes we so easily succumb to … Read more

A woman, possibly accidentally riding her bicycle surrounded by some professional riders at the Tour de France in the 1920s

Road cycling meets everyday life (with lots of vintage images)

One of the few things in road cycling my fascination would never cease about is how close the world of … Read more

Giovanni Canova stops for wine at Tour de France 1927

Let’s talk about nostalgia (Subscribe to my Patreon!)

It waw a quite long process figuring out what kind of topic would be related most of my many interests. … Read more

Inserting history into road cycling history

It started with the realisation that I can’t mention a single historical event happened in Italy in the 17th century. … Read more

POPULAR POSTS

The famous picture of the smoking cyclists at Tour de France 1927

Who were the smoking cyclists at Tour de France 1927

The smoking cyclists of Tour de France 1927 is one of the most famous vintage cycling images from the heydays of road cycling races. It’s popular because  … Read more

grumpy cyclists carrying his broken bike at the Tour de France 1928

The grumpy cyclist with the broken bicycle – Giusto Cerutti at Tour de France 1928

Giusto Cerutti (1903-1993) had at least one bad day at the Tour de France in 1928.We don’t know much about the grumpy cyclist with the broken bicycle. … Read more

Famous black and withe image of Italian cyclist Fiorenzo Magni, holding an inner tube between his teeth during the Giro d'Italia in 1956

Fiorenzo Magni and the Giro d’Italia 1956

You might have always wondered what is that strange picture of Fiorenzo Magni holding something between his teeth with an heroic effort displayed on his face. As … Read more

TOUR DE FRANCE GOES ABROAD

Cyclist riding in form of spectators whenTour de France visited Metz during the early years of its history.

When Tour de France went abroad before 1914

Defining historical events of the 20th century often left  their marks on road cycling history. Just think … Read more

Federico Bahamontes Stan Ockers, and Roger Walkowiak in the 17th stage of Tour de France 1956

Tour de France visits Turin (Tour de France 1956)

Although the first ever Italian Grand Depart of Tour de France will take place in 2024, the … Read more

Cyclists rolling out of the city of Amsterdam at Tour de France 1954

Every time Tour de France started abroad

Tour de France 2024 will start in Florence (Italy). Although the race visited neigbour countries before the … Read more

FACES FROM THE PELOTON

Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Faces from the peloton)

Cyrille Van Hauwaert (1883-1974) was one of the most successful Belgian cyclist in the pre -WW1 era. His story  began like a folktale. The big and strong … Read more

Faces from the peloton: Victor Fontan (1892-1982)

A cyclist running while carrying his bike on his shoulder. Surely, you’ve seen this vintage cycling image several times. Now it’s time to learn a bit more … Read more

Hippolyte Aucouturier one of the most iconic riders from the early days of road cycling

Faces from the peloton: Hippolyte Aucouturier (1876-1944)

Although the idea of a French cyclist in a striped shirt might seem like a little bit of a cliché, sometimes stereotypes are carrying quite much truth … Read more

TOUR DE FRANCE FUN FACTS

Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard celebrating his first Tour de France victory in Paris in 2022

The slowest and the fastest Tour de France

You might wonder which Tour de France edition was the slowest and wich. one the fastest. Here you have the answer.The slowest Tour de Francewas the 13th … Read more

Vintage cycling image from the 1920s, two cyclists with the socalled laterne rouge, the prize for the last placed rider of the race

Lanterne rouge – list of the last cyclists of every Tour de France

They used to say history remembers only the winners. Fortunately this is not the case of Tour de France history. The last ones, the receivers of the … Read more

Eddy Merckx at the Tour de France 1970 with 8 stage victories

8 stage victories during a single Tour de France edition

There are only three riders who managed to win eight stages during a single Tour de France edition. One of them is Eddy Merckx, of course. He … Read more