Eddy Merckx’s results at Ronde van Vlaanderen

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 of them finished the race. Then came the 45th edition and Tom Simpson, already a well-known name in the world of road cycling, but a debutant in the universe of … Read more

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 Vlaanderen twice (1969 and 1975) 1967 3rd place (winner: Dino Zandegù) 1968 8th place (winner: Walter Godefroot) 1969 1st place 1970 3rd place (winner: Eric Leman) 1971 76th place (winner: … Read more

The first Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913) was the longest edition of the race: it was 324 km long

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

There are only three riders, who managed to win at least a stage in all the three specialities (sprint and mountain stages and individual time trial) during a Tour de France: Eddy Merckx 1974 Bernard Hinault 1979 Wout van Aert 2021 MORE CYCLING FUN FACT ON PELOTONTALES

Amsterdam hosted the  first Tour de France start abroad in 1954. List of Grand Départs outside of France 1954  Amsterdam (Netherland) 1958 Brussels (Belgium) 1965  Cologne (Germany) 1973  Scheveningen (Netherlands) 1978  Leiden (Netherlands) 1980 Frankfurt (Germany) 1982 Basel (Switzerland) 1987  West Berlin (Germany) 1992  San Sebastián (Spain) 1996  ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 1998  Dublin (Ireland) 2002  Luxembourg … Read more