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Peloton&Tales Mini Cycling Who is Who: Jan Nolten

Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Jan Nolten

Jan Nolten was born on the 20th January 1930 in Sittard-Geelen, Netherland Nolten started his professional cyclist career in 1952. He rode Tour de France five times between 1952 and 1956. Although he never managed to finish the race among the top 10, he was an excellent grand tour rider. He as part of the actions alongside at many memorable stages. He also participated in Giro d!Italia (1954, 1956, 1957) and Vuelta a Espana (1955) Jan Nolten passed away on the 13rd July in 2014.

Crash on Tourmalet Tour de France 1937

Crash on the Tourmalet (Tour de France 1937)

Col du Tourmalet was included in the program of the 15th stage alongside with its good old companies: Col de Peyresourde, Col d’ Aubisque and Col d’Aspen. The 194 km long stage between Luchon and Pau  was won by Julian Berrendero. Sylvére Maes extended his lead in the GC against Roger Lapebie. A few days later the entire Belgian team left the race due to controversies. Lapebie won the Tour de France. FOLLOW PELOTON&TALES ON INSTAGRAM [instagram-feed] RELATED POSTS    Tour de France 1937 Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Sylvère Maes Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Roger Lapébie  

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Amédée Fournier -Tour de France 1939

Amédée Fournier ‘s only participation in Tour de France was in 1939. He won two stages (1 and 5) and wore the yellow jersey for on day.

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Josephine Baker visits Tour de France (1936)

The famous French dancer visited the peloton in 1936. This wasn’t the only occasion, she already made an appearance in 1933 on the first stage of the race. Sylvère Maes and especially his namesake Romain Maes surely enjoyed a fanboy moment.    

Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Roger Lapébie

Roger Lapebie was born on the 16th of January 1911 in Bayonne (France). He made his Tour de France debut with a stage win (Stage 12) in 1932. He was part of the French national team again in the two subsequent years. In 1934 he won five stages and finished third in the general classification. Roger Lapebie was infamous for his conflict with Henri Desgrange, the founding father of the Tour de France.  Due to this feud, the cyclist, despite his promising performance, wasn’t selected into the national team, and he rode as an independent rider.  He skipped the race next year. No wonder, that his biggest success, the winning of the Tour de France… Read More »Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Roger Lapébie

Tour de France 1976 on Peloton&Tales

Tour de France 1976

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.

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Antonin Magne cheering for André Leducq (Tour de France 1932)

Antonin Magne (Tour de France winner 1931 and 1934) did not attend the Tour de France in 1932, but he visited the race. This was the year when André Leducq won his second Tour de France title. (He was the winner also in 1930) RELATED POSTS  [su_posts posts_per_page=”7″ tax_term=”465,386,454″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”]          

Cycling Who’s Who: Learco Guerra

Learco Guerra was born on the 14 of October 1902 in Bagnolo San Vito, Italy. After a short attempt to be a football player, Guerra turned to road cycling and became professional in 1928.  He was among the top riders of the era both in the peloton of the Grand Tours and the one-day classics. He earned the nickname “Locomotiva Umana” [ Human Locomotive]. Guerra attended the Tour de France twice (1930 and 1933), he finished second in both occasions.  He also won a total of 7 Tour de France stages. He earned much more success at the Giro d’Italia. In 1931 he became the first wearer of the maglia rosa after winning the first… Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Learco Guerra

Cycling Who’s Who: Jacques Marinelli

Jacques Marinelli was born on the 15th December of 1925 in Blanc-Mesnil, France.  He was a professional rider between 1948 and 1955. He rode the Tour de France six times between 1948 and 1954, his most successful year was 1949 when he was wearing the yellow jersey for six days. That Tour de France was one of the peaks of the rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Marinelli was already leading the general classification when he and Coppi escaped on the 5th staged and crashed. Marinelli could continue the race immediately, but Coppi needed a bike change. The Campionissimo refused to ride any of the spare bikes of the Italian team, he wanted to… Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Jacques Marinelli