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
Gino Bartali was already a two-time Giro d’Italia winner (1936 and 1937) when he first entered Tour de France in the summer of 1937.The years… Read More »7 July 1937 Gino Bartali takes the yellow jersey for the very first time
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… Read More »Smoking cyclists and other funny Tour de France images
This was the 14th stage of that year’s Tour de France. A 173 km long route from Montpelier to the top of the Mont Ventoux.… Read More »6 July 1965 Raymond Poulidor’s victory on Mont Ventoux
It was the 133 km long 6th stage from Mulhouse to the Ballon d’Alsace at the Tour de France 1969, when Eddy Merckx celebrated his… Read More »4 July 1969 Eddy Merckx’s first ever Tour de France stage victory
The 326 km stage between Bayonne and Luchon included the climbs Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresourde.
Read More »2 July 1924 Ottavio Bottecchia won the 6th stage of the Tour de France
The first Tour de France was held between 1 and 18 July 1903, included only 6 stages. (However, the complete route was 2428 km long.)60… Read More »1 July 1903 The first Tour de France started
Currently, Mark Cavendish and Eddy Merckx are sharing the top position of the list of riders with the most Tour de France victories. Both cyclists… Read More »Waiting for Mark Cavendish’s recordbreaking 35th victory? These are the stages with (possible) classic bunchsprints
On the 28th of June 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated. A month later the First World War broke out. When… Read More »28 June 1914 – Last Tour de France before World War I started
It started with a new business opportunity. After the years of La Sportive consortium, the usual structure of sponsored teams returned to Tour de France… Read More »26 June 1923 Ottavio Bottecchia’s first stage victory at Tour de France