Tour de France

Tour de France 2020 – GC after Stage 14

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1 Primož Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo – Visma 61:03:00 2 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:44 3 Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:59 4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling 0:01:10 5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkéa – Samsic 0:01:12 6 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:01:31 7 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton … Read more

Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Maurice Garin

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Maurice Garin the winner of the first Tour de France

Maurice Garin, the winner of the first Tour de France was born on the 3rd of marc 1871 in Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy. Garin became a professional rider by chance. He was already racing as an amateur (he won his first race in 1893) when he decided to ride a race nearby his home. He … Read more

Cycling Who’s Who: Jean Robic

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Tour de France winner Jean Robic was born on the 10th of June in 1921 in Vouziers, France. His professional career started in the middle of the  2nd World War in 1943. In 1944 he finished Paris-Roubaix with a fractured skull. After this event, he started wearing a leather helmet which became later something like … Read more

The humble domestique gets in trouble

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Fausto Coppi & Andrea Carrera

The Tour de France in 1952 was all about Fausto Coppi. The Campionissimo dominated the race to such an extent, that the organizers had to double the prize money for the second place to make the competition less boring. But Coppi took the yellow jersey only after his triumph on Alpe d’Huez.  On the day, … Read more

Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Antonin Magne

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Antonin Magne Tour de France winner 1931 and 1934

Antonin Magne, the two-time winner of the Tour de France was born on the 15th of February 1904 in Ytrac, France. He attended the Tour de France first in 1927. In 1931 André Leducq, the defending champion was the team leader of the French squad, but he was out of shape, so Magne became the … Read more

Cycling Who’s Who: Luis Herrera

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First Columbian cyclist to win a Tour de France stage - Luis Herrara -Alpe d'Huez 1984

Luis Herrera was born on 4 May 1961 in Fusagasugá, Colombia.  He was the first Colombian to win a Tour de France stage. The victory on the top of Alpe d’Huez in 1984 was Herrera’s first notable triumph, he achieved it as an amateur rider. Although amateurs were time to time part of the peloton … Read more

Iconic Places: Where the First Tour de France Started

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The first Tour de France started on the 1July 1903

There is a café-restaurant in the Parisian suburb Mortgeon, that witnessed cycling history 117 years ago. On the afternoon of 1 July 1903, people gathered on the street in front of the café Au Reveil Matin‘s building: the first Tour de France was ready to start. Originally 78 riders signed up to the race, and … Read more