Federico Bahamontes rode Tour de France for the very first time in 1954. Of course, the real race for him started in the Pyrenees. On the 12th stage, which included Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde, he arrived at the finish with Jean Malléjac and Gilbert Bauvin, who won the stage with 1 sec ahead of Bahamontes, … Read more
Although Tour de France visited neighbour contries already during the early years of its history frequently, the first international start (grand depart) of the race happened only in 1954. Amsterdam had the privilege to host the start of the event. The 216 km long first stage of Tour de France 1954 between Amsterdam and Brasshaat was … Read more
Federico Bahamontes competed at Tour de France for the first time in 1954. He was picked for the race by Julián Berredero, the director of the Spanish team already during previous summer. The 161 km long 12th stage of Tour de France 1954 between Pau and Luchon visited Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde. As usual, all … Read more
Amsterdam hosted the first Tour de France start abroad in 1954. List of Grand Départs outside of France 1954 Amsterdam (Netherland) 1958 Brussels (Belgium) 1965 Cologne (Germany) 1973 Scheveningen (Netherlands) 1978 Leiden (Netherlands) 1980 Frankfurt (Germany) 1982 Basel (Switzerland) 1987 West Berlin (Germany) 1992 San Sebastián (Spain) 1996 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 1998 Dublin (Ireland) 2002 Luxembourg … Read more
Federico Bahamontes rode Tour de France for the very first time in 1954. He was picked for the Tour 1954 by Julián Berredero, the director of the Spanish team (and King of the Mountains 1936) in previous summer already. The real race for Bahamontes started in the Pyrenees. On the 12th stage, which included Tourmalet, … Read more
This was the very first time the Grande Depart took place outside of France. The first stage between Amsterdam and Brasschaat was 216 km and won by Wout Wagtmans.