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Tour de France 2022 Stage 16 19 July 2022 Carcassone -Foix 178, 5 km   LIVE COMMENTARY (LIVE TEXTING) DURING THE STAGE (CLICK HERE TO REFRESH THE PAGE) 178,5 km to go The third week of Tour de France is starting with a stage including a 3rd a 4th and two 1st category climbs. Restarting the race after the last rest day is always unoredictable, and it’s even more unpredictable this year. Two Ag2R Citroën riders Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Mikaël Chérel had to leave the race due positive COVID-test. Take a look at the general classification of Tour de Frsnce before the third week 150 km to go Although it’s a bit uncertain, how the… Read More »Tour de France 2022 -Stage 16 (Carcassonne – Foix)

PLEASE, SUPPORT PELOTONTALES WITH A SMALL DONATION  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Tour de France 2022 Stage 17 20 July 2022 Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes 129,7 km This is a terribly short stage. I mean, it’s short (“only” 129, 7 km) and terrible, considering that three 1st and a 2nd category climbs are included into the program. This year, Tour de France doesn’t visits the mighty Tourmalet, but there are still some other legendary climbs in the program, like today’s first one, Col d’Aspin, which was introduced to the race together with Tourmalet (and Col d ‘Aubisque and Peyresourdes) in 1910.   LIVE COMMENTARY/LIVE TEXTING BREAKING NEWS : Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) abandoned the race.… Read More »Tour de France 2022 -Stage 17 (Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes)

PLEASE, SUPPORT PELOTONTALES THANK YOU Tour de France 2022 Stage 18 21 July 2022 Lourdes -Hautacam 143,5 km LIVE TEXTING DURING THE STAGE (click here to refresh the page) Jonas Vingegaard wins the stage 3,5 km Jonas Vingegaard is on his solo ride to stage victory and to Tour de France victory 4,4 km Pogacar dropped 5 km to go Wout van Aert, Vingegaard and Pogacar  at the front 7 km to go the trio Kuss, Vingegaard and Pogacar getting closer to the duo at the front half minute   9 km to go Wout van Aert accelerates and Pinot is dropped. Martinez is still there.  14 km to go a smaller group together again… Read More »Tour de France 2022 -Stage 18 (Lourdes – Hautacam)

Defending champion Fausto Coppi didn’t attend the Tour de France in 1953. He was  rather preparing for the World Championships. However, he trained in the Alps during July. So, he visited the Tour de France as a tourist. During the 1950s, there was a unique  4-man group in the peloton, later called the “G4” by Jean Bobet (Louison’s brother):  Louison Bobet, Fausto Coppi, Hugo Koblet and Ferdi Kübler, the superstar riders with modest origin, who became rich and enjoyed fine clothes, fast cars and the high life of the wealthiests. Coppi knew Louison Bobet quite well, he also knew which stage suits the Frenchman the best. This was the 165 km long etap in the… Read More »Fausto Coppi filming Louison Bobet (Tour de France 1953)

Amsterdam hosted the  first Tour de France start abroad in 1954. List of Grand Départs outside of France 1954  Amsterdam (Netherland) 1958 Brussels (Belgium) 1965  Cologne (Germany) 1973  Scheveningen (Netherlands) 1978  Leiden (Netherlands) 1980 Frankfurt (Germany) 1982 Basel (Switzerland) 1987  West Berlin (Germany) 1992  San Sebastián (Spain) 1996  ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 1998  Dublin (Ireland) 2002  Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) 2004  Liège (Belgium) 2007  London (United Kingdom) 2009 Monaco (Monaco) 2010  Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2012  Liège (Belgium) 2014  Leeds (United Kingdom) 2015  Utrecht (Netherlands) 2017 Düsseldorf (Germany) 2019 Brussels (Belgium) 2022 Copenhagen (Denmark) More Tour de France fun facts [su_posts posts_per_page=”4″ tax_term=”456″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”]

Federico Bahamontes rode Tour de France for the very first time in 1954. He was picked for the Tour 1954 by Julián Berredero, the director of the Spanish team (and King of the Mountains 1936) in previous summer already. The real race for Bahamontes started in the Pyrenees.  On the 12th stage, which included Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde, he arrived at the finish with Jean Malléjac and Gilbert Bauvin, who won the stage with 1 sec ahead of Bahamontes, and claimed the yellow jersey. Bahamontes was already active on the previous stage (including Aubisque), he collected enough mountain points to lead the KOM competition. IF YOU LIKE PELOTONTALES BLOG, PLEASE SUPPORT IT WITH A SMALL… Read More »Federico Bahamontes on the Galibier (Tour de France 1954)

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