Col de Neronne, Pas de Peyrol, Col de Pertus, and Col de Font de Cére in the Stage 11 of Tour de France 2024.
Stage 11
Evaux-les-Bains – Le Lioran
10 July 2024
211km
Tour de France 2024 Stage 12 (Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot 204 km)
Stage 12Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot11 July 2024204 km Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302) A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France’s royal army. 19th-centurian Flemish writer, Hendrik Conscience worte a novel about the events with the title “The Lion of Flanders”. George, Duke of Clarence marries Isabel Neville, the older daughter of … Read more
Tour de France 2024 Stage 13 (Agen – Pau 171 km)
Stage 13Agen – Pau12 July 2024171 km
From Tourmalet to Pla d’Adet (Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 – Pau – Pla d’Adet, 152 km)
Tourmalet, Hourquette d’Ancizan and Pla d’Adet on the 14th stage of Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 Pau – Pla d’Adet 13 July 2024 152 km
Tour de France 2024 all stages
Tour de France 2024 will be held betwee 29 June and 21 July 2024. For the first time in its history the race will start from Italy. Also, for the firts time in ist history, it won’t finish in Paris. More information about the next edition of Tour de France will be revealed on the … Read more
Faces from the peloton: Victor Fontan (1892-1982)
A cyclist running while carrying his bike on his shoulder. Surely, you’ve seen this vintage cycling image several times. Now it’s time to learn a bit more about the protagonist of the picture. Victor Fontan (1892-1982) in the Faces from the peloton series of PelotonTales blog. A local rider World War I (as did World … Read more
The toughest Tour de France stage ever
The 10th stage of Tour de France 1926 is often dubbed as the toughest stage ever in the history of the race. The 326 km long route between Bayonne and Luchon on the 6th July 1926 went down in history also as one of the most chaotic ones thanks to the extreme weather conditions in … Read more
Introducing Col du Tourmalet to Tour de France
It was a great moment and yet one of the weirdest situations in the history of Tour de France, when and, it seems to be more important, how the organisers decided to put Col du Tourmalet in the program. Crossed Tourmalet stop. Very good road stop. Perfectly passable. -stood in the telegram Alphonse Steinès sent … Read more
Horquette d’Ancizan at Tour de France
Horquette d’Ancizan has a short history regarding its appearances at Tour de France. 2022 Thibaut Pinot (FRA) 2019 Simon Yates (GBR) 2016 Chris Froome (GBR) 2013 Daniel Martin (IRL) 2011 Laurent Mangel (FRA) Horquette d’Ancizan will part of the program Tour de France 2024.
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10 July 1911 The first mountain stage in the Alps at Tour de France
After the introduction of the Pyrenees to the race in 1910, the next big challenge of Tour de France was how to include the “giants of the Alps” into the program. The story behind using Galibier, Thelegraphe, Aravis, and Lautarer was far less dramatic than the organizers’ first encounter with Col du Tourmalet. Nevertheless, the … Read more
10 July 1976 Lucien Van Impe takes the yellow jersey at Tour de France
Lucien Van Impe was second in the general classification with 2 ‘ 41″ behind Raymond Delisle before the 14th stage of Tour de France 1976. The program of the day on the 10th of July 1976 was a 139 km long route in the Pyrenees between Saint-Gaudens and Saint-Larry-Soulan, including Col de Menté, Col du … Read more
10 July 1970 Eddy Merckx’s Victory on the Mont Ventoux
This was the 14th stage of the race, a 170 km long course between Gap and Mont Ventoux. Merckx won the race in yellow, he gained the jersey on the 6th stage and led the general classification since then.
Climbing Col d’Allos at Tour de France 1914 -Vintage cycling image of the day
Tour de France 1914 started on the same day, 28th June, as the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated in Sarajevo. When the riders lined up in the middle of the nigh for the start of the first stage in Paris, they knew nothing about that this day … Read more
Cyclists meet a local inhabitant during Tour de France 1925
During the first few decades in the history of Tour de France, mountain routes were kind of “terrae incognitae”, uncharted territories. We all know the story when Alphonse Steniès persuaded Henri Desgrange to include Tourmalet in the program of Tour de France 1910. He was struggling even to find a car driver, a local guide … Read more
Eddy Merckx on Blockhaus (Giro d’Italia 1967)
Every road cycling legend, every great champion has that first epic moment that defines their career. The moment that takes everyone by surprise, yet deep down, everyone knows this cyclist was always capable to do it. In 1967 Eddy Merckx was already a two-time Milano-Sanremo champion, after he repeated his success in previous year. He … Read more