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Felicien Vervaecke Tourmalet Tour de France 1936

Felicien Vervaecke’s bad luck (Tour de France 1936)

A  Tour de France stage in the Pyrenees (especially, when it includes the big four, Peyresourde, Auspin, Aubisque and Tourmalet) always provides stories to tell. Belgian rider Felicien Vervaecke won the mountain competition of Tour de France twice, in 1935 and 1937. Before the 16th stage (Peyresourde, Tourmalet, Aspin, Aubisque) in 1936, he was 4 minutes behind his teammate Sylvère Maes in the GC. But bad luck prevented him to maintain this position. First his bicycle broke, and he had to convince a spectator to lend his. Then he suffered a flat tire, and Tour officials forced him to wait for the reserve car. Antonin Magne, the actual third in the GC passed him. When… Read More »Felicien Vervaecke’s bad luck (Tour de France 1936)

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Famous cycling images: who is who on the iconic pictures?

There are plenty of famous cycling imagaes shared (mostly) on social media daily. We all know them very well. But do you know who are those cyclists on the picture? It’s a more trickier question, isn’t it. Many (but of course not all) of them weren’t successful or famous in their own days, only our strange time made them kind of cycling celebrities. Léon Valloton and Alfons Lauwers Robert Jacquinot Eating pasta at Giro d’Italia 1966 Of course , the cyclists on this picture aren’t  no name riders. All four men were Giro d’Itali winners a least once. Gianni Motta (1966), Vittorio Adorni (1965), Jacques Anquetil (1960, 1964) and Felice Gimondi (1967, 1969, 1976)  … Read More »Famous cycling images: who is who on the iconic pictures?