Giusto Cerutti (1903-1993) had at least one bad day at the Tour de France in 1928.We don’t know much about the grumpy cyclist with the… Read More »The grumpy cyclist with the broken bicycle – Giusto Cerutti at Tour de France 1928
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… Read More »Cyclists meet a local inhabitant during Tour de France 1925
French cyclist Jean Alavoine holds a unique record in the history of Tour de France: there are 14 years between his first (1909) and his… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Jean Alavoine (1888-1943)
Jean Alavoine (1888-1943) had a very good Tour de France in 1922. He won three stages, two of them in the Pyrenees and thanks to… Read More »Jean Alavoine on the Col d’Aspin (Tour de France 1922)
Undoubtedly, there were plenty of cyclists with unique stories in the peloton in the first few decades of road cycling races. These atlethes were not… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Jules Deloffre, “the acrobat cyclist”
Col d’Izoard was introduced to Tour de France in 1922. It seems to have been the new favourite of the organizers, they put it in… Read More »Ottavio Bottecchia on the Izoard (Tour de France 1925)
I really wish there was somewhere a coloured picture of three cyclists wearing yellow jersey at the same time. A unique situation that would deserve… Read More »Three riders in yellow jersey in the peloton at once
Snow at Tour de France is quite rare, but not impossible, as the image of Hector Heusghem at Tour de France 1923 proves. Belgian cyclist… Read More »Snow at Tour de France 1923
The good old days of road cycling races oroved plehty of funny Tour de France images. For our 21st-cemturian eyes and mind, of course, cycling… Read More »Smoking cyclists and other funny Tour de France images
It started with a new business opportunity. After the years of La Sportive consortium, the usual structure of sponsored teams returned to Tour de France… Read More »26 June 1923 Ottavio Bottecchia’s first stage victory at Tour de France