Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Odiel Defraeye
The first Belgian Tour de France winner, who meant to be the first Belgian Tour de France winner. Odiel Defraeye was born on 14th July… Read More »Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Odiel Defraeye
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Cycling Who’s Who: Ali Neffati
Ali Neffati, the first African participant of the Tour de France, was born on 22th January 1895 in Tunis. Neffati started his career with being… Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Ali Neffati
29 June 1913 The 11th Tour de France started
The race was 5,287 km long divided into 15 stages. It was held between 29 June and 27 July 1913. The Belgian Philippe Thys triumphed… Read More »29 June 1913 The 11th Tour de France started
Mini Cycling Who’s Who: René Pottier
René Pottier was probably the finest climber of the early years of Tour de France. He was born in 1879 in Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne. In 1903… Read More »Mini Cycling Who’s Who: René Pottier
Mini-Cycling Who’s Who: Sylvère Maes
Two-time Tour de France winner Sylvère Maes was born on the 27th August 1909 in Zevekote, Belgium.Read More »Mini-Cycling Who’s Who: Sylvère Maes
Five promising changes in the structure of Tour de France
The Tour de France is going to be something different in 2020 than it was before. Race director Christian Prudhomme called it “a race for the millennials” and spoke about the basic principles of the changes: it shouldn’t be harder, but more varied, due to the changed habits of the television audience in the recent time. Let’s take a closer look, what it exactly does mean.Read More »Five promising changes in the structure of Tour de France
Mini Cyclibng Who’s Who: Miguel Poblet
miguel Poblet was born at Montcada i Reixac in the northern suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 18 March 1928. He was encouraged by his… Read More »Mini Cyclibng Who’s Who: Miguel Poblet
Francois Faber’s Best (and Worst) Tour de France
Francois Faber was a Luxemburgian cyclist racing as professional between 1906 and 1914. His nickname was “Le Géant de Colombes” [The Giant of Colombes] due to his height (1.86 m /6.1 ft) and the Parisian suburb where he came from. Although he was born and raised in France, officially, he was the first non-French winner of the Tour de France. Read More »Francois Faber’s Best (and Worst) Tour de France
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