There is no road cycling history without Tour de France history
Who said cycling races in the 21th century can’t produce epic historic moments? On the 19th September 2020 Tadej Pogacar managed to turn the tide and take the yellow jersey on a sensational individual time trial up to La Planche des Belles Filles. MORE 21TH CENTURY TDF HISTORY ON PELOTONTALES
Henri Cornet (1884-1941), the youngest Tour de France winner ever, had a quite short list of triumphs. Indeed, besides winning the most famous cycling race, his other big success was his victory at Paris-Roubaix in 1906. Actually Cornet wasn’t the best rider on the roads at the Tour France in 1904. It was Maurice Garin, … Read more
Maurice Garin (1871-1957), the winner of the first Tour de France became a professional cyclist only accidentally. Garin was racing as amateur already (he won his first race in 1893), when he decided to start at a race near to his hometown. He learned only at the start of the race, that this was an … Read more
There is a café in the Parisian suburb Mortgeon, that witnessed cycling history in 1903. Cafés played an important role in the early years of Tour de France helping to organise the races. On the afternoon of 1 July 1903, people gathered on the street in front of the café Au Reveil Matin‘s building: the first Tour … Read more
It was the first edition of Tour de France since 1939. 1947 was the firt time L’Equipe (founded in 1946) organized the race. Tour de France 1947 was still a cycling race competed by national teams. The Germans were not invited. Because technically France and Italy were still in war with each other (the peace … Read more