La Vuelta 2022 Stage 15 (Martos – Sierra Nevada)
La Vuelta 2022 Stage 15 4 September 2022 Martos – Sierra Nevada 148,1 km La Vuelta ciclista a España (19 August -11 September 2022) on PelotonTales blog. Come back later for more information.
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Topic of the month in August: the giants of the grand tours
As La Vuelta ciclista a España (19 August-11 September 2022), the last three-week race of of the season is nearing, let’s talk about the cyclists who won all the three grand tours at least one time. Jacques Anquetil was the first rider to achieve this, when he finally won the Vuelta in 1963. At that point of his career, he already had a Giro d’Italia and 3 Tour de France victories. The full list of his grand tour triumphs: Tour de France 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Giro d’Italia 1960, 1964 Vuelta a España 1963 Felice Gimondi also managed to win all the three big races at least one time: Tour de France 1965 Giro… Read More »Topic of the month in August: the giants of the grand tours
30 July 1939 – The last Tour de France before WWII ends
The 33rd Tour de France was held between 10th and 30th July 1939. This was the last Tour de France before the 2nd world war. The next edition was held 1947. Because of the tense political situation in Europe, Italy, Spain and Germany didn’t took part in the competition, which means, Gino Bartali couldn’t defend his title. Sylvére Maes won the race. TOP 10 of the general classification Sylvère Maes (Belgium): 132hr 3min 17sec René Vietto (France South-East) 30min 38sec Lucien Vlaemynck (Belgium B) 32min 38sec Mathias Clemens (Luxembourg) 36min 9sec Edward “Ward” Vissers (Belgium) 38min 5sec Sylvain Marcaillou (France) 45min 16sec Albertin Disseaux (Belgium B) 46min 54sec Jan Lambrichs (Holland) 48min 1sec Albert Ritserveldt… Read More »30 July 1939 – The last Tour de France before WWII ends
Tour de France winners without winning a stage
List of cyclists, who won the Tour de France, but didn’t win any stage in that year. Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922 Roger Walkowiak (FRA) 1956 Gastone Nencini (ITA) 1960 Lucien Aimar (FRA) 1966 Greg LeMond (USA) 1990 Óscar Pereiro (ESP) 2006 Chris Froome (GBR) 2017 Egan Bernal (COL) 2019 Tour de France fun facts [su_posts posts_per_page=”4″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”]
The fastest Tour de France
Everyone, who followed Tour de France 2022 day by day, expected it, but after the last stage it’s finally official: the 109th Tour de France was the fastest edition ever. Overall winner Jonas Vingegaard ( Jumbo-Visma) rode 3,350,1 km in 79h 33′ 20″, thus realising an overall speed of 42.457 km/h (26.381 mph).
La Vuelta 2022 starts on 19th August in the Netherlands
The last grand tour of the year, La Vuelta ciclista a España will be held between 19th August and 11th September 2022. The race will start in Utrecht and as usual nowadays, there will be three stages in the host country, Netherlands, before the first rest day. After back to Spain, the usual La Vuelta program is waiting for the riders with lots of steep mountains, like Ascensión al Pico Jano (6th stage) Colláu Fancuaya (8th stage) Peñas Blancas (12th stage) Sierra de La Pandera (14th stage) Alto Hoya de la Mora (15th stage)ñ Puerto de Navacerrada (20th stage) According to the current plans (latest update 24th July 2022) we will see in the peloton… Read More »La Vuelta 2022 starts on 19th August in the Netherlands
Tour de France 2022 General Classification before the last mountain stage
TOUR DE FRANCE 2022 GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17 1 18 VINGEGAARD Jonas TJV DEN 67h53’54” +00 2 1 POGACAR Tadej UAD SLO 67h56’12” +2’18” 3 21 THOMAS Geraint IGD GBR 67h58’50” +4’56” 4 151 QUINTANA Nairo ARK COL 68h01’47” +7’53” 5 91 GAUDU David GFC FRA 68h01’51” +7’57” 6 111 BARDET Romain DSM FRA 68h03’15” +9’21” 7 124 MEINTJES Louis IWG RSA 68h03’18” +9’24” 8 41 VLASOV Aleksandr BOH 68h03’50” +9’56” 9 28 YATES Adam IGD GBR 68h08’27” +14’33” 10 61 MAS Enric MOV ESP 68h10’29” +16’35” 11 131 LUTSENKO Alexey AST KAZ 68h10’44” +16’50” 12 147 POWLESS Neilson EFE USA 68h21’01” +27’07” 13 96 MADOUAS Valentin GFC FRA 68h21’30” +27’36” 14 36 JUNGELS… Read More »Tour de France 2022 General Classification before the last mountain stage
Moments to remember: Pogacar and Vingegaard arrive on the top of Peyragudes together
On a mountain stage of Tour de France, anything can be epic. There is a moment, especially in the Pyrenees, when the finishline is already shown from a camera behind the finish. And the riders are emerging from the big nothing. On the 17th stage of Tour de France 2022, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), the rider in the yellow jersey and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), the defending champion, who is currently wearing the white jersey, arrived together on the top of Peyragudes, the last climb of the day. Although Vingegaard launched an attack first, Pogacar outsprinted him and won the stage. Nevertheless, the day started for the UAE Team Emirates far from ideal. In fact,… Read More »Moments to remember: Pogacar and Vingegaard arrive on the top of Peyragudes together
Eddy Merckx’s epic solo ride in the Pyrenees
Before the 17th stage of Tour de France 1969 Eddy Merckx’s first overall victory was almost secured. He led the general classification with more than 8 minutes. The 214, 5 km long stage between Luchon and Mourenx included the “big four” ascents of the Pyrenees: Peyresourde, Aspin, Tourmalet, Aubisque. Eddy Merckx (Faema) attacked right before the top of Tourmalet, only to collect some mountain points. A few km later he realized, that nobody went with him. Lomme Driessens, the Directeur Sportif of Faema told him to wait for the rest of the peloton. But Merckx decided differetly. It was still 105 km to go. Merckx rode it solo. He finished almost 8 minutes ahead of… Read More »Eddy Merckx’s epic solo ride in the Pyrenees
Third week of Tour de France 2022
The last week of Tour de France 2022 has arrived. Here are the remaining stages of the race Tour de France 2022 -Stage 16 (Carcassonne – Foix) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 17 (Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 18 (Lourdes – Hautacam) Tour de France 2022 – Stage 19 (Castelnau-Magnoac – Cahors) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 20 (Lacapelle-Marival – Rocamadour) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 21 (Nanterre – Paris)