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Five promising changes in the structure of Tour de France

The Tour de France is going to be something different in 2020 than it was before. Race director Christian Prudhomme called it “a race for the millennials” and spoke about the basic principles of the changes: it shouldn’t be harder, but more varied, due to the changed habits of the television audience in the recent time.  Let’s take a closer look, what it exactly does mean.Read More »Five promising changes in the structure of Tour de France

Mini Cyclibng Who’s Who: Miguel Poblet

miguel Poblet was born at Montcada i Reixac in the northern suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 18 March 1928.  He was encouraged by his father (a bicycle shop owner) to take up racing seriously and turned professional in 1944 at the age of 16. The late forties, early fifties were a difficult time to race for Spanish cyclist* (f. e. the Vuelta a Espana wasn’t held between 1951 and 1954 and the circumstances were not always professional). The turning point in Poblet’s career was 1955 when he was a member of the Spaniard team at the Tour de France. Miguel Poblet was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour… Read More »Mini Cyclibng Who’s Who: Miguel Poblet

Mini 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 domestic, 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 1968 Faema 1969–1970 Scic