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When the 36th Tour de France finished in Paris on 24th July 1949, it wasn’t only Fausto Coppi’s first Tour de France victory, but also… Read More »24 July 1949 Fausto Coppi’s first Giro-Tour double.
Tadej Pogacar won the white jersey competition at Tour de France in every year since he attended the race first in 2020. He jumped into… Read More »23 July 2023 Tadej Pogacar’s last day in white jersey
The 65th edition of Tour de France was held between 29 June and 23 July in 1978. With his performance on the mountain stages (especially… Read More »23 July 1978 Bernard Hinault wins his first Tour de France
The 10th stage between Luchon and Bayonne was 326 km long and included the big four: Tourmalet, Col d’Aspin, Col d’Aubisque and Peyresourde. The stage… Read More »21 July 1910 Tour de France visits Tourmalet for the very first time
Winner of the last year’s edition, Jonas Vingegaard leads the general classification of Tour de France 2023 after 15 stages. There are only 6 stages… Read More »General classification of Tour de France 2023 before the final week
1972 was the second year when Bernard Thevenet rode Tour de France. His debut in previous year was a little bit of a surprise performance,… Read More »13 July 1972 Bernard Thévenet’s victory on Mont Ventoux
Col de Joux Plane was introduced to Tour de France in 1978. Since then the race returned to the climb several times.No stage ended at… Read More »Col de Joux Plane at the Tour de France
After the introduction of the Pyrenees to the race in 1910, the next big challenge of Tour de France was how to include the “giants… Read More »10 July 1911 The first mountain stage in the Alps at Tour de France
It was the 228 km long 9th stage between Bordeaux and San Sebastian on the 9th July 1949. Louis Caput was the winner of the… Read More »9 July 1949 First time a Tour de France stage finished in Spain
