Alber Bourlon escaped from the peloton right after the start of the 14th stage at the Tour de France in 1947. He managed to reach… Read More »11th July 1947 – Albert Bourlon’s 253 km long solo breakaway
Lucien Van Impe was second in the general classification with 2 ‘ 41″ behind Raymond Delisle before the 14th stage of Tour de France 1976. … Read More »10 July 1976 Lucien Van Impe takes the yellow jersey at Tour de France
Fernando Manzaneque’s victory in the 16th stage of Tour de France 1963 isn’t intirguing because of some relation to the overall competition, but because it… Read More »9 July 1963 – Fernando Manzaneque’s stage victory in the Alps
Puy Mary (Pas de Peyrol) was first used at the Tour de France in 1959. The 14th stage between Aurillac and Clermont -Ferrand was held… Read More »9 July 1959 – Puy Mary was introduced to Tour de France
Orcieres-Merlette (or Orcieres Merlette 1850), the ski resort in the Alpes was introduced to Tour de France during this edition. Not only the 11th stage… Read More »8 July 1971 Luis Ocana won in Orcieres-Merlette
Road cycling is an outdoor sport, obviously, and weather conditions can cause somet8mes trouble even at events with big prestige like Tour de France. This… Read More »8 July 1996 Bjarne Riis wins a shortened stage in the Alps
1969 was Eddy Merckx firts appearance at the Tour de France. He was already a Giro d’Italia winner (1968) and cemented his fame with severwl… Read More »4 July 1969 Eddy Merckx takes the yellow jersey for the very first time
The opening stage of Tour de France 1906 was relatively short according to the standards of the time, “only” 271 km. The day started in… Read More »4 July 1906 Tour de France visits Lille for the very first time
The 171 km long stage between Portocivitanova and L’Aquila is sometimes called the 6th, sometimes the 7th stage of Giro d’Italia 1935 in cycling history… Read More »24 May 1935 Gino Bartali’s first stage victory at Giro d’Italia
With his victory at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 1961, Belgian legend Rik Van Looy, the “Emperor” became the first cyclist ever to win all the five Monuments.… Read More »15 May1961 Rik Van Looy became the first cyclist to win all the five Monuments