The 108,5. km long 11th stage of Tour de France 2018 between Albertville and La Rosiére witnessed a big change at the top of the general classification. Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) won the stage and took over the lead jn the general classification.
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Although since its introduction to the Tour de France in 1952, Alpe d’Huez witnessed several pivotal moments of the race, especially regarding the fate of the yellow jersey and the overal victory, it happened only in 2018 for the very first time, that a current yellow jersey wearer cyclist won the stage on the top of the famous climb. Gerain Thomas (Team Sky) surprised many people, when he won the 11th stage and jumped to the first position in the general classification in 2018. If you rewatch the stage, you can see clearly, that the GC riders and their teams were focusing rather on Chris Froome. Evidently, everyone thought, that the attack by Thomas was… Read More »Winning at Alpe d’Huez in yellow jersey
This was the 14th stage of the race, a 170 km long course between Gap and Mont Ventoux. Merckx won the race in yellow, he gained the jersey on the 6th stage and led the general classification since then.
This was the very first time the Grand Depart took place outside of France. The first stage between Amsterdam and Brasschaat was 216 km and won by Wout Wagtmans.
It was a 92 km long individual time trial between Les Sables-d’Olonne and La Rochelle. It took Coppi 2hr 18min 10sec to finish it. He won the race ahead of Ferdy Kübler with 1 min and 32 sec. (Lead pic: Fausto Coppi on the Tourmalet on the 11th stage of Tour de France 1949)
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle was born on the 25th of August in 1954 in Lembeye, France. He was racing as a professional rider between 1977 and 1995. Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle was a specialist of Paris-Roubaix, which he won twice: 1992 and 1993. He is the oldest winner of the “Hell of the North” ever. There are two pavé sectors named after him: “Pavé Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle” between Cysoing and Bourghelles “Pont Gibus” between Wallers and Hélesmes Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle’s professional teams: 1977–1986 Peugeot-Esso-Michelin 1987–1995 Z-Peugeot
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