The odd couple on the cobbles: Pogacar and Stuyven

Although Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) didn’t managed to win the Tour de France in three consecutive years, his performance was still extraordinary during the entire race.  Especially on famous Paris-Roubaix cobbles of the 5 stage of Tour de France 2022.  The little nice memories of 2022 series on PelotonTales blog is focusing rather on … Read more

Tour de France 2022 -Stage 5 ( Lille – Arenberg 157 km)

Tour de France visits Arenberg, cobblestones stage on Tour de France 2022

Like a reverse Paris-Roubaix, the stage starts from Lille. Although the finish of the stage is in Arenberg Porte du Hainaut and includes 11 cobbled sectors, the Tour de France won’t visit the famous Arenberg Forest. Arenberg was included into the program of Paris-Roubaix in 1968. Read more about Jean Stablisnki, the rider, who introduced … Read more