13 July 1972 Bernard Thévenet’s victory on Mont Ventoux

Bernard Thévenet and Eddy Merckx on Mont Ventoux at Tour de France 1972

1972 was the second year when Bernard Thevenet rode Tour de France.  His debut in previous year was a little bit of a surprise performance, when he finished fourth in the general classification. Unfortunatelyi a crash in the 7th stage  prevented him to repeat or even surpass his result from previous year. He lost more … Read more