Tour de France 2022 -Stage 4 (Dunkirk – Calais, 171,5 km)

In its more than 120-year-long history Tour de France, the most famous road cycling race of the world witnessed good time and bad time either. It had plenty of glourious moments, but also some shameful ones. Here are the four (arguably) most scandalous editions in the history of Tour de France . 1904 – an … Read more

Although the first ever Italian Grand Depart of Tour de France will take place in 2024, the race visited Italy for plenty of times, usually during mountain stages in the Alps. Turin is one of the most visited Italian cities by Tour de France.  In 1956, peloton made a trip to the place in 17th … Read more

5-time Tour de France winner Jacques Anquetil attented the race for the first time in his career in 1957. Actually,  on 29th June 1957 there were two half stages: 3/a, a 15 km long team time trial and a 134 km long usual road stage. The time trial was won by the French team, which … Read more

Amsterdam hosted the  first Tour de France start abroad in 1954. List of Grand Départs outside of France 1954  Amsterdam (Netherland) 1958 Brussels (Belgium) 1965  Cologne (Germany) 1973  Scheveningen (Netherlands) 1978  Leiden (Netherlands) 1980 Frankfurt (Germany) 1982 Basel (Switzerland) 1987  West Berlin (Germany) 1992  San Sebastián (Spain) 1996  ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 1998  Dublin (Ireland) 2002  Luxembourg … Read more

The 10th stage of Tour de France 1926 is often dubbed as the toughest stage ever in the history of the race. The 326 km long route between Bayonne and Luchon  on the 6th July 1926 went down in history also as one of the most chaotic ones thanks to the extreme weather conditions in … Read more

The good old days of road cycling races oroved plehty of funny Tour de France images. For our 21st-cemturian eyes and mind, of course, cycling rsces in tge 1920s and 1930s seem so different. Maybe a bit less professional? Not exaclty. Let’s just stick to the word different. Different roads. Different bikes. Different type of … Read more

Defending champion Fausto Coppi didn’t attend the Tour de France in 1953. He was  rather preparing for the World Championships. However, he trained in the Alps during July. So, he visited the Tour de France as a tourist. During the 1950s, there was a unique  4-man group in the peloton, later called the “G4” by … Read more