He was the part of the early break of a 13-man group. They escaped when it was still 222 km left. Only Demol and the… Read More »10 April 1988 Dirk Demol’s Record Breakaway Victory at Paris-Roubaix
This was Roger De Vlaeminck first professional race ever. He won Omloop Het Volk again in 1979.
Jan Raas won Omloop Het Volk (predecessor of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad) He was the best from a four-man breakaway group on a cold and wet… Read More »26 February 1981 – Jan Raas won Omloop Het Volk
The 108,5. km long 11th stage of Tour de France 2018 between Albertville and La Rosiére witnessed a big change at the top of the… Read More »18 July 2018 Geraint Thomas takes the yellow jersey
This was the 14th stage of the race, a 170 km long course between Gap and Mont Ventoux. Merckx won the race in yellow, he… Read More »10 July 1970 Eddy Merckx’s Victory on the Mont Ventoux
This was the very first time the Grand Depart took place outside of France. The first stage between Amsterdam and Brasschaat was 216 km and… Read More »8 July 1954 Tour de France started in Amsterdam
It was a 92 km long individual time trial between Les Sables-d’Olonne and La Rochelle. It took Coppi 2hr 18min 10sec to finish it. He… Read More »7 July 1949 Fausto Coppi’s First TDF- Stage Victory
This was Anquetil first ever mountain stage victory at the Tour de France, although he has already won the race three times.
Read More »2 July 1963 Jacques Anquetil won the stage in the Pyrenees (Tour de France)
The race was 5,287 km long divided into 15 stages. It was held between 29 June and 27 July 1913. The Belgian Philippe Thys triumphed… Read More »29 June 1913 The 11th Tour de France started
Every year the highest peak of the Giro d’Italia is called “Cima Coppi”, in honour of the great cyclist Fausto Coppi (1919-1960). In the inauguration… Read More »4 June 1965 Cima Coppi Was Introduced