Thank you for being a devoted reader of PelotonTales. You are the reason why it’s worth spending so many hours to create new content and… Read More »19 July 1977 Lucien Van Impe ‘s crash on Alpe d’Huez
Lucien Van Impe was second in the general classification with 2 ‘ 41″ behind Raymond Delisle before the 14th stage of Tour de France 1976. … Read More »10 July 1976 Lucien Van Impe takes the yellow jersey at Tour de France
Orcieres-Merlette (or Orcieres Merlette 1850), the ski resort in the Alpes was introduced to Tour de France during this edition. Not only the 11th stage… Read More »8 July 1971 Luis Ocana won in Orcieres-Merlette
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… Read More »Ocaña and Zoetemelk doubled on the top of Puy de Dôme
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.