The 1949 Tour de France marked a high point in the legendary rivalry between two Italian cycling icons, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. Bartali had… Read More »Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali during Tour de France 1949
Fausto Coppi was the first rider to win the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same year (1949) In 2024, 26 years… Read More »Giro d’ Italia -Tour de France doubles
Thank you for being a devoted reader of PelotonTales. You are the reason why it’s worth spending so many hours to create new content and… Read More »18 July 1949 – The epic breakaway of Coppi and Bartali
Tour de France 2023 presented a great gift for every road cycling history fans: after 35 years Puy de Dôme was reintroduced to the race.… Read More »Iconic Tour de France places: Puy de Dôme
There is a simple reason, why Alpe d’Huez was introduced to the Tour de France only in 1952, while the race visited the Alps since… Read More »Alpe d’Huez, the instant classic
Unlike the other two grand tours with a history started before the first world war, the first Vuelta a Espana was held in 1935. It… Read More »Fausto Coppi and the Vuelta a España
Gito d’Italia1940 started in the shadow of World War II. Even later winner of the race, Fausto Coppi was already called in the Italian army.… Read More »29 May 1940 Fausto Coppi’s first Giro d’Italia stage victory
The longest individual time trial at Giro d’Italia was a 81 km long stage between Peruggia and Terni on 25th May 1951. The stage was… Read More »25 May 1951 The longest (81 km) individual time trial at Giro d’Italia was held
Vitange cycling image of the day on PelotonTales: Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi in the Dolomites at Giro d’Italia 1940. Before Giro d’Italia 1940, Gino… Read More »Bartali and Coppi together in the Dolomites (Giro d’Italia 1940)
Between 1952 and 1988 Puy de Dôme was included into the program of Tour de France 13 times. Among the winners on the top are… Read More »Ocaña and Zoetemelk doubled on the top of Puy de Dôme