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Stage 19 Embrun – Isola 2000 19 July 2024 145 km Isola 2000 in the program of Tour de France 2024 . The ski… Read More »Isola 2000 at Tour de France ( TDF 2024 Stage 19 Embrun – Isola 2000 145 km) )
Horquette d’Ancizan has a short history regarding its appearances at Tour de France. 2022 Thibaut Pinot (FRA) 2019 Simon Yates (GBR) 2016 Chris Froome (GBR)… Read More »Horquette d’Ancizan at Tour de France
Tourmalet, Hourquette d’Ancizan and Pla d’Adet on the 14th stage of Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 Pau – Pla d’Adet 13 July 2024 152… Read More »From Tourmalet to Pla d’Adet (Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 – Pau – Pla d’Adet, 152 km)
Col de Neronne, Pas de Peyrol, Col de Pertus, and Col de Font de Cére in the Stage 11 of Tour de France 2024. Stage… Read More »Tour de France 2024 Stage 11(Evaux-les-Bains – Le Lioran, 211 km)
Undoubtedly, there were plenty of cyclists with unique stories in the peloton in the first few decades of road cycling races. These atlethes were not… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Jules Deloffre, “the acrobat cyclist”
Stage 15 of Tour de France 2024 ends on Plateau de Beille Stage 15 14 July 2024 Loudenvielle – Plateau de Beille 198 km
Unfortunately, Col de Menté, a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees is well-known because of the tragic stories happened there during the Tour de France.… Read More »Col de Menté at Tour de France
It’s never too early to start preparing for next year’s Tour de France. Not even on a small blog like PelotonTales. But especially for a… Read More »Preparing for Tour de France 2024
Col d’Allos was part of the program of Tour de France since the race visited the Alps for the very first time in 1911. Especially… Read More »Col d’Allos at Tour de France
Col d’Izoard was introduced to Tour de France in 1922. It seems to have been the new favourite of the organizers, they put it in… Read More »Ottavio Bottecchia on the Izoard (Tour de France 1925)