10 July 1976 Lucien Van Impe takes the yellow jersey at Tour de France

Legendary Belgian climbing specialist cyclist Lucien Van Impe riding solo on the Pla d'Adet at Tour de France 197z

Lucien Van Impe was second in the general classification with 2 ‘ 41″ behind Raymond Delisle before the 14th stage of Tour de France 1976.  The program of the day on the 10th of July 1976 was a 139 km long route in the Pyrenees  between Saint-Gaudens and Saint-Larry-Soulan, including Col de Menté, Col du … Read more

Ocaña and Zoetemelk doubled on the top of Puy de Dôme

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

Tour de France 1976

Tour de France 1976 on Peloton&Tales

The 63rd Tour de France was held between the 24th June and 18th July 1976. This was a 4017 km long edition divided into a prologue and 22 stages. The 5th and the 22nd stages had A and B parts, the 18th stage (on the Bastille Day) was split into three parts. The course included 8 mountain stages, five of them with a  hilltop finish.

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