Tour de France 2022 -Stage 3 (Vejle – Sønderborg, 182 km)

Between 1930 and 1961 Tour de France was contested by national teams. Originally, it was Henri Desgrange’s idea, who didn’t like the tactical racing of the professional teams. MORE TOUR DE FRANCE FUN FACTS MORE TOUR DE FRANCE IN THE 1930S

Louis Trousselier (1881-1939), the winner of the 3rd Tour de France (1905) was an entertaining person, for sure. He even shouldn’t have been there, when he won the race, because his official leave from the French army ended days before.  But he stayed a bit longer and won the general classification of the Tour de … Read more

Tour de France 2024 will start in Florence (Italy). Although the race visited neigbour countries before the First World War already, the tradition of starting the first stage of Tour de France abroad dated back to 1954  only, when the Grand Départ took place in Amsterdam (Netherland) One of the most uniqe occasions was the … Read more

Raymond Poulidor was the first conquerer of the Pla d’Adet, an ascent located in the Pyrenees, in the 16th stage of Tour de France 1974 Lucien Van Impe is the only rider to win a Tour de France stage finishing on the Pla d’Adet twice.  First time he won, he also took the yellow jersey.   … Read more