It happened three times during the 110 years of Tour de France history, that there were no previous winners in the peloton. Obviously, in 1903 there couldn’t be any, because it was the very first edition. In 1927, it seems to have been a generational change in the peloton of Tour de France. Several riders, … Read more
Horquette d’Ancizan has a short history regarding its appearances at Tour de France. 2022 Thibaut Pinot (FRA) 2019 Simon Yates (GBR) 2016 Chris Froome (GBR) 2013 Daniel Martin (IRL) 2011 Laurent Mangel (FRA) Horquette d’Ancizan will part of the program Tour de France 2024.
Unfortunately, Col de Menté, a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees is well-known because of the tragic stories happened there during the Tour de France. In 1971, a nasty crash on the descent of Col de Menté ended Luis Ocaña’s dreams of winning the Tour de France that year. (Nevertheless, Ocaña managed to win Tour … Read more
Col d’Allos was part of the program of Tour de France since the race visited the Alps for the very first time in 1911. Especially during the 1920s and the 1930s was very popular. In the second half of the 20th century it was used muvh more rarely. 1911: François Faber 1912: Octave Lapize 1913: … Read more
Plateau de Beille, located in the Pyrenees, is a realtively newcomer in the world of Tour de France climbs. It was introduced to the race in 1998, the first rider on the top was Marco Pantani. List of riders winning a stage up to Plateau de Beille 2015 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) 2011 Jelle Vanendert (BEL) … Read more
Raymond Poulidor was the first conquerer of the Pla d’Adet, an ascent located in the Pyrenees, in the 16th stage of Tour de France 1974 Lucien Van Impe is the only rider to win a Tour de France stage finishing on the Pla d’Adet twice. First time he won, he also took the yellow jersey. … Read more
Tour de France 2024 will start in Florence (Italy). Although the race visited neigbour countries before the First World War already, the tradition of starting the first stage of Tour de France abroad dated back to 1954 only, when the Grand Départ took place in Amsterdam (Netherland) One of the most uniqe occasions was the … Read more
In 2024, for the first time in its history, Tour de France will start from Italy. But the race visited already the neighbour country several times already. Of course, mostly during mountain stages in the Alps. Take a look at the list of occasions. 1948 Marseille — San Remo (Gino Sciardis) 1949 Briançon – Aoste … Read more
Winnig Vuelta a Espana with the smallest winning margin in the history of the race, French rider Éric Caritoux delivered a surprise victory in 1984. Vuelta a Espana always has provided much more opportunitiy to success for lesser known riders, especially in the era, when it was a spring race. (Vuelta a Espana moved to autumn … Read more
Over the last few years, since the new golden generation arrived in the world of road cycling races, there are no more unbeatable records, or at least very old lists with some cery new names. Since the beginning of his professional career, we always knew, Remco Evenepoel’s name will be one of those we should … Read more