One-Day Classics Vintage

Classic Vintage Images One-Cycling Races Giovanni Gerbi Giro di Lombardia 1905Vintage one-day races images and iconic moments. Stories and fun facts from the history of one day cycling races on PelotonTales -a place for great cycling stories.

Faces from the peloton: Jean Stablinski

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Jean Stablinski, the cyclist who suggested to include Trouée d’Arenberg (Arenberg Forest) in the program of Paris-Roubaix, was born on 21 May 1932 in Thun-Saint-Amand, France. As a son of Polish immigrants his name was Jean Stablewski originally. A journalist mispelled it accidentally,  creating the surname by which the cyclist became known. After the untimely … Read more

Faces from the peloton: Josef Fischer (1865-1953)

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Josef Fischer (1865-1953) the winner of the first Paris-Roubaix (1896)

Josef Fischer, the winner of the first Paris-Roubaix (1896) was born on the 20th January, 1865 in Atzlern (near München, Germany).  Fischer participated in several of the earliest long-distance bicycle races, like the 582,5 km long Vienna-Berlin race in 1893, where he triumphed. The route took him 31 hours. Next year, among others, he attended … Read more

Iconic Paris-Roubaix images: André Leducq crossing the finish line in 1928

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Vintage Paris-Roubaix 1928 -Andre Leducq wins the race

André Leducq, the two-time Tour de France winner (1930 and 1932) claimed his first great triumph at  Paris-Roubaix in 1928. The race took place on the 8th April 1928. 89 riders departed in Le Vésinet but only 52 riders completed the 260 km long route. The defining moment of the race happened in Arras, where … Read more

The first Milano-Sanremo (1907)

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Like in the case of many of the great, historical cycling races, creating Milano-Sanremo was closely linked to a newspaper, namely, the La Gazzetta dello Sport. First of all, the finish town, Sanremo was certain. The wealthy members of the local sport club wanted to have a race and contacted Eugenio Costamagna, the owner of … Read more

Jesper Skibby’s crash on the Koppenberg (Ronde van Vlaanderen 1987)

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Ronde van Vlaanderen 1987 - the danish rider Jesper Skibby crashed on Kopenberg

In 1987, Skibby rode solo at the head of the race, when he reached Koppenberg. He had an advantage of two minutes, but climbing the hill he became slower and slower and the peloton came closer. The car of the race commissaire followed Skibby so close, that when they wanted to move away, the car … Read more

Tour de France 2022 -Stage 13 (Bourg d’Oissans –Étienne)

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First stage after the great Alpe d'Huez stage at Tour de France 2022

Tour de France 2022 Stage 13 15 July 2022 Bourg d’Oissans -Étienne TOUR DE FRANCE UPCOMING STAGES Tour de France 2022 -Stage 14 (Saint-Étienne – Mende) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 15 (Rodez – Carcassonne) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 16 (Carcassonne – Foix) Tour de France 2022 -Stage 17 (Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes) Tour de … Read more

Octave Lapize, the first three-time Paris-Roubaix champion

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Every road cycling fan knows the name Octave Lapize, the rider who crossed Tourmalet first at the Tour de France in 1910. His memorial is on the top of the ascent. Lapize also won that year’s Tour de France. But, although he was  rather considered a climber, he was good also at the Paris-Roubaix. Actually, he … Read more

Eddy Merckx on the cobbles (Paris-Roubaix 1970)

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Eddy Merckx Paris-Roubwix reckon 1970

The picture was taken on a training ride before Paris-Roubaix in 1970. Eddy Merckx earned his first Paris-Roubaix victory in 1968.  Next year he became second. The 68th edition of the “Hell of the North”  on the 12th April in 1970 witnessed his second triumph. Merckx also won the race in 1973.

Maurice Garin after winning Paris-Roubaix 1897

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Iconic vintage cycling images: Paris-Roubaix 1897 Maurice Garin

The second edition of Paris-Roubaix was  held on the 18th April 1897. 32 professional and 28 amateur cyclists departed in the rainy Paris, but the 280 km long racerun mostly under sunny conditions. The Italian-born French Maurice Garin, who is best known for winning the first Tour de France in 1903, and the Duch Mathieu … Read more