The youngest Giro-stage winner ever, Olimpio Bizzi (1916-1976) was active as professional cyclist between 1936 and 1952. Practically, he was racing in the shadow of… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Olimpio Bizzi (1916-1976)
Winners of both Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same year: Henri Suter 1923 Romain Gijssels 1932 Gaston Rebry 1934 Raymond Impanis 1954 Fred… Read More »Double winners of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix
During the first half century in the history of Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) the race wasn’t meant for British cyclists. Before 1961 non… Read More »26 March 1961 Tom Simpson won Ronde van Vlaanderen
You might wonder why an edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (or as it was called back in those day, Omloop Het Volk) was held so… Read More »25 March 1971 Eddy Merckx wins Omloop Het Volk
On the afternoon of the 20th April 1980, while a little girl, called Anita Pethő ( the author of PelotonTales blog) was born in a… Read More »Bernard Hinault’s epic solo ride in the snow (Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1980)
The first edition (originally called Omloop van Vlaanderen) was held on 25 March 1945. It was only a few weeks after Belgium was liberated by… Read More »9 fun facts of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
List of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winners 1945-20231945 Jean Bogaerts (Alcyon–Dunlop)1946 André Pieters (Alcyon–Dunlop)1947 Albert Sercu (Bertin–Wolber)1948 Sylvain Grysolle (Zircon)1949 André Declerck (Bertin–Wolber)1950 André Declerck (Bertin–Wolber)1951… Read More »Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winners
Understandably, the death of Serse Coppi after a crash during a race in Turin (Italy) had a huge impact onhis brother, the great Fausto Coppi’s… Read More »29 June 1951 Death of Serse Coppi, Fausto’s little brother
Welcome to PelotonTales blog – a great place for great cycling stories. If you’re interested in fascinating and sometimes unbelievable, but rather shorter ( we’re… Read More »Welcome to PelotonTales
One of the few things in road cycling my fascination would never cease about is how close the world of road cycling events, unlike many… Read More »Road cycling meets everyday life (with lots of vintage images)