Alpe d’Huez appearances at the Tour de France
Although its introduction to the Tour de France in 1952, made Alpe d’Huez an instant classic, the race visited the famous ascent again only 24… Read More »Alpe d’Huez appearances at the Tour de France
Although its introduction to the Tour de France in 1952, made Alpe d’Huez an instant classic, the race visited the famous ascent again only 24… Read More »Alpe d’Huez appearances at the Tour de France
2000 Andrei Tchmil (Lotto–Adecco) 2001 Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola) 2002 Andrea Tafi (Mapei–Quick-Step) 2003 Peter van Petegem (Lotto–Domo) 2004 Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile Team) 2005… Read More »Ronde van Vlaanderen winners since 2000
The slowest Tour de France in history was the 13th edition between 29th June and 27 July in 1919. The race included 5560 km, divided… Read More »The slowest Tour de France ever
Most stage victories in the history of Vuelta a Espana: 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 39 2 Alessandro Petacchi ITA 20 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA 18… Read More »Vuelta a Espana – most stage victories
The jersey of the leader of the general classification wans’t always red. Actually, this is a very new invention at the Vuelta a Espana. Colors… Read More »Colors of the leader jersey at the Vuelta a Espana
Although smaller climbs were parts of the program since the beginning, and both the Pyrenees (1910) and the Alps (1911) were intruduced to the race… Read More »The first hilltop finish of Tour de France
The first Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913) was the longest edition of the race: it was 324 km long [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen related content”][su_posts… Read More »The longest Ronde van Vlaanderen
Cima Coppi is the highest peak of the Giro d’Italia every year. The special prize was named after Fausto Coppi and was introduced in 1965.
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Eddy Merckx attended Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) every year between 1967 and 1976. As debutant he finished 3rd. Eddy Merckx won Ronde van… Read More »Eddy Merckx’s results at Ronde van Vlaanderen
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… Read More »Winning at Alpe d’Huez in yellow jersey