10 April 1988 Dirk Demol’s Record Breakaway Victory at Paris-Roubaix
He was the part of the early break of a 13-man group. They escaped when it was still 222 km left. Only Demol and the second-placed Thomas Wegmuller could ride home.
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Giro d ‘Italia 2021 – Stage 14 – Citadella – Monte Zoncolan
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Cycling Who’s Who: Vittorio Adorni
Vittorio Adorni was born on 14th November 1937 in San Lazzaro di Parma. His professional career began in 1961. Adorni was rather known as a domestique (he played an important role in Eddy Merckx’s first Giro d’Italia victory in 1968) , but he also managed to win the Giro d’Italia in 1965. He was a master of tactic, no wonder, that from his 10 participations, he finished Giro d’Italia six times with a top5 result. He also won the World Championship in Imola (Italy) in 1968, and had another stage race overall victories like the Tour de Romandie in 1965 and 1967. His professional teams: 1961 Vov 1962 Philco 1963 Cynar 1964–1966 Salvarani 1967 Salamini-Luxor… Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Vittorio Adorni
Race Recap: Milano-Sanremo 2021
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the pure triller among the Monuments: Milano-Sanremo. 280 km for bilding up the tension and 15 km for all the unexpected turns.Read More »Race Recap: Milano-Sanremo 2021
Cycling Who’s Who: Angelino Soler
Angelino Soler, the youngest Vuelta a Espana winner ever, was born on the 25th November in 1939 in Alcazar, Spain. He was professional between 1961 and 1968. In his first year as pro, he won the Vuelta a Espana. He was only 21 years and 168 days old, thus makes him the youngest Vuelta a Espana winner ever. Angelino Soler was successfull also at the two other Grand Tours. He won three stages and the King of the Mountains jersey at the Giro d’Italia in 1962. He finished sixth overall at the Tour de France in 1963. He retired from the professional cycling at the age of 28.
Eddy Merckx’s results at Ronde van Vlaanderen
Eddy Merckx attended Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) every year between 1967 and 1976. As debutant he finished 3rd. Eddy Merckx won Ronde van Vlaanderen twice (1969 and 1975) 1967 3rd place (winner: Dino Zandegù) 1968 8th place (winner: Walter Godefroot) 1969 1st place 1970 3rd place (winner: Eric Leman) 1971 76th place (winner: Evert Dolman) 1972 7th place (winner: Eric Leman) 1973 3rd place (winner:Eric Leman) 1974 3rd place (winner: Cees Bal) – Merckx finished 4th, but the original 3rd-placed rider Walter Godefroot was disqualified 1975 1st place 1976 17th place (winner: Walter Planckaert) [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) on PelotonTales”] [su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”334″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”][/su_box] [su_box title=”More cycling fun… Read More »Eddy Merckx’s results at Ronde van Vlaanderen
Strade Bianche 2021 – Startlist
1 VAN AERT Wout 2 FOSS Tobias 3 GESINK Robert 4 HARPER Chris 5 ROOSEN Timo 6 MARTENS Paul 7 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan AG2R Citroën Team 11 VAN AVERMAET Greg 12 CALMEJANE Lilian 13 PETERS Nans 14 SCHÄR Michael 15 VAN HOECKE Gijs 16 VENDRAME Andrea 17 VENTURINI Clément Alpecin-Fenix 21 VAN DER POEL Mathieu 22 MEURISSE Xandro 23 RICKAERT Jonas 24 VAKOČ Petr 25 VERGAERDE Otto 26 VERMEERSCH Gianni 27 WALSLEBEN Philipp Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 31 BAIS Mattia 32 CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander 33 PELLAUD Simon 34 RUMAC Josip 35 TAGLIANI Filippo 36 VENCHIARUTTI Nicola 37 VIEL Mattia Astana – Premier Tech 41 FUGLSANG Jakob 42 ARANBURU Alex 43 BOARO Manuele 44 FELLINE Fabio… Read More »Strade Bianche 2021 – Startlist