After First World War is a subcategory to Tour de France in the 1920s category on PelotonTales, the blog about road cycling history.
Also occasionally it’s sharing the content with The Great War and road cycling and Road cycling between the wars categories.
This category is mostly about the years between 1919 and 1922 and all the topic related to the devastating impact of First World War (1914-1918).
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
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 last (1923) stage victory. ((If Mark Cavendish would succeed next year, he would break this record either. He celebrated his first stage victory in 2008.)) Indeed, he was one of … Read more
The 13th Tour de France, held between 29 June and 27 July was the first edition after First World War. The yellow jersey was introduced during this edition of Tour de France. Most of the cyclists were racing in grey jersey, thus there must have been something, a colorful jersey for example, to distinguish the … Read more
Although Henri Desgrange was always keen to preserve Tour de France as a competition for individuals1, cyclists who were sponsored by the same bicycle manufacture naturally worked as a team. Alcyon for example, delivered four overall victories (François Faber, 1909; Octave Lapize,1910 ; Gustave Garrigou, 1911; Odyle Defraye, 1912) before 1914 and dominated most of … Read more