Felice Gimondi

6 July 1965 Raymond Poulidor’s victory on Mont Ventoux

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Raymond Poulidor Tour de France 1965 Mont Ventoux

This was the 14th stage of that year’s Tour de France. A 173 km long route from Montpelier to the top of the Mont Ventoux. With his victory, Poulidor jumped up to the second place, but Felice Gimondi, who gained the yellow on the 9th stage (Aubisque, Tourmalet), remained in the leading position till the … Read more

Ocaña and Zoetemelk doubled on the top of Puy de Dôme

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Lucien van Impe and Joop Zoetemelk on the Puy de Dome Tour de France 1976

Between 1952 and 1988 Puy de Dôme was included into the program of Tour de France 13 times. Among the winners on the top are Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, Federico Bahamontes  Lucien van Impe, Luis Ocaña or Joop Zoetemelk. In fact, the two latter are those riders, who were able to win a Puy de … Read more