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… Read More »Federico Bahamontes on the Galibier (Tour de France 1954)
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… Read More »10 July 1911 The first mountain stage in the Alps at Tour de France
Gino Bartali was already a two-time Giro d’Italia winner (1936 and 1937) when he first entered Tour de France in the summer of 1937.The years… Read More »7 July 1937 Gino Bartali takes the yellow jersey for the very first time
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… Read More »Federico Bahamontes on the Galibier (Tour de France 1954)