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Important climbs of the stage:   For more information and a detailed preview come back later! Don’t miss anything important! Follow Pelotontales blog on twitter! Follow @peloton_tales on Twitter Upcoming Giro d’Italia 2022 stages Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 8 (Napoli-Napoli 153 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 9 ( Isernia -Blockhaus 191 km) Giro d’ Italia 2022 Stage 10 (Pescara -Jesi 196 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 11 (Santarcangelo di Romagna – Reggio Emilia 203 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 12 (Parma-Genova 204 km ) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 13 (Sanremo-Cuneo 150 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 14 (Santena-Torino 147 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 15 (Rivarolo Canavese -Cogne 178 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 16… Read More »Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 7 (Diamante -Potenza 196 km)

For more information and a detailed preview come back later! Don’t miss anything important! Follow Pelotontales blog on twitter! Follow @peloton_tales on Twitter Upcoming Giro d’Italia 2022 stages Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 7 (Diamante -Potenza 196 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 8 (Napoli-Napoli 153 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 9 ( Isernia -Blockhaus 191 km) Giro d’ Italia 2022 Stage 10 (Pescara -Jesi 196 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 11 (Santarcangelo di Romagna – Reggio Emilia 203 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 12 (Parma-Genova 204 km ) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 13 (Sanremo-Cuneo 150 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 14 (Santena-Torino 147 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 15 (Rivarolo Canavese -Cogne 178 km) Giro d’Italia… Read More »Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 6 (Palmi -Scalea 192 km)

For more information and a detailed preview come back later! Don’t miss anything important! Follow Pelotontales blog on twitter! Follow @peloton_tales on Twitter Upcoming Giro d’Italia 2022 stages Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 6 (Palmi -Scalea 192 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 7 (Diamante -Potenza 196 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 8 (Napoli-Napoli 153 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 9 ( Isernia -Blockhaus 191 km) Giro d’ Italia 2022 Stage 10 (Pescara -Jesi 196 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 11 (Santarcangelo di Romagna – Reggio Emilia 203 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 12 (Parma-Genova 204 km ) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 13 (Sanremo-Cuneo 150 km) Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 14 (Santena-Torino 147 km) Giro d’Italia 2022… Read More »Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 5 (Catania -Messina 174 km)

Who wants to be in pink this early? After the 3rd stage of Giro d’Italia 2022, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin -Fenix) lead the general classification of the race. The 4th stage is the first hilltop finish this year, and because the rider in the maglia rosa most likely won’t keep the jersey after today, the quesiton is, who will be the next leader of the race. For more information and a detailed preview come back later! Related  post(s):  Giro d’Italia fun facts: list of Giro d’Italia stages on Etna Don’t miss anything important! Follow Pelotontales blog on twitter! Follow @peloton_tales on Twitter Upcoming Giro d’Italia 2022 stages Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 5 (Catania -Messina… Read More »Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 4 (Avola-Etna -Nicolosi, 170 km)

The second edition of Paris-Roubaix was  held on the 18th April 1897. 32 professional and 28 amateur cyclists departed in the rainy Paris, but the 280 km long racerun mostly under sunny conditions. The Italian-born French Maurice Garin, who is best known for winning the first Tour de France in 1903, and the Duch Mathieu Cordang arrived in the velodrome of Roubaix first. Unfortunatelly, Cordang crashed and, although he managed to get 2 m close to his rival again, Garin won the race. [su_box title=”Read more on cycling races before 1903″][su_posts tax_term=”453″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box]

The first Bordeaux-Paris was held on the 23rd May in 1891. The route was 560 km long, the race was won by George Pilkington Mills.

Cycling in extreme weather: Charly Gaul on the famous stage 20 up to Monte Bondone at the Giro d’Italia 1956   Race director Vincenzo Torriani was asked to cancel the stage due to the rough weather conditions were forecasted. But he declined it, he may have thought, this could make the unexciting race exciting again. It was a cold and rainy day,  the rider were unprepared and underdressed, and the race director was asked again to finish the race earlier, at least a bit earlier than the original plan. The snow started to fall and the temperatures dropped. 60 riders abandoned the race, meanwhile stage winner Charly Gaul jumped from 11th to 1st in the… Read More »Charly Gaul on the Monte Bondone (Giro d’Italia 1956)

Although its introduction to the Tour de France in 1952, made Alpe d’Huez an instant classic, the race visited the famous ascent again only 24 years later. Listo of winners on the top of Alpe d’Huez 1952 Fausto Coppi 1976 Joop Zoetemelk 1977 Hennie Kuiper 1978 Hennie Kuiper 1979 Joaquim Agostinho 1979 Joop Zoetemelk 1981 Peter Winnen 1982 Beat Breu 1983 Peter Winnen 1984 Luis Herrera 1986 Bernard Hinault 1987 Federico Echave 1988 Steven Rook 1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse 1990 Gianni Bugno 1991 Gianni Bugno 1992 Andrew Hampsten 1994 Roberto Conti 1995 Marco Pantani 1997 Marco Pantani 1999 Giuseppe Guerini 2001 Lance Armstrong 2003 Iban Mayo 2004 Lance Armstrong 2006 Fränk Schleck 2008 Carlos Sastre 2011… Read More »Alpe d’Huez appearances at the Tour de France

“It was up Kingston Hill that he first noticed a peculiar feeling, a slight tightness at his knees; but he noticed, too, at the top that he rode straighter than he did before. The pleasure of riding straight blotted out these first intimations of fatigue.” (H. G. Wells: The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycle Idyll)