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One of the few things in road cycling my fascination would never cease about is how close the world of road cycling events, unlike many… Read More »Road cycling meets everyday life (with lots of vintage images)
Probably most of the readers of this post have seen short videos from the early years of the 1900s. For example, about a crowd gathering… Read More »Road cycling history is not just a collection of results and other facts about road cycling races
It started with the realisation that I can’t mention a single historical event happened in Italy in the 17th century. Being vain about my historical… Read More »Inserting history into road cycling history
It waw a quite long process figuring out what kind of topic would be related most of my many interests. I eagerly tried to find… Read More »Let’s talk about nostalgia (Subscribe to my Patreon!)
The idea of the special project Cycling season 2024 is simple: following as much races in the new road cycling season as possible. It’s kind… Read More »Focusing on Cycling season 2024 – A new special project on PelotonTales
Tour de France 1914 started on the same day, 28th June, as the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were… Read More »Climbing Col d’Allos at Tour de France 1914 -Vintage cycling image of the day
Defining historical events of the 20th century often left their marks on road cycling history. Just think about, for istance, the impact of World War… Read More »When Tour de France went abroad before 1914
Although Paris-Roubaix in 1936 was more important in the career of Tour de France winner (1933) cyclist Georges Speicher, one of the most popular funny… Read More »Georges Speicher at Paris-Roubaix 1935
Thank you for being a devoted reader of PelotonTales. You are the reason why it’s worth spending so many hours to create new content and… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Raymond Delisle (1943-2013)
