Robert Jacquinot, the protagonist of one of the most iconic cycling images in the pre-WW2 period was born in 1893.
Tour de France Vintage
Tour de France 1957
The 44th Tour de France was held between 27 June and 20 July 1957. This was the first of Jacques Anquetil’s five victories.
Gino Bartali Left the Tour de France (1950)
And Fiorenzo Magni had to give up the race from the leading position.
Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak was born on the 2nd of March in 1927. He started his career as a professional cyclist in 1951 and retired in 1960. His biggest victory was to win the Tour de France 1956, almost his only one success of his entire career. (He also won 2 Vuelta a Espana stages in 1956 … Read more
Cycling Who’s Who: Luis Herrera
Luis Herrera was born on 4 May 1961 in Fusagasugá, Colombia. He was the first Colombian to win a Tour de France stage. The victory on the top of Alpe d’Huez in 1984 was Herrera’s first notable triumph, he achieved it as an amateur rider. Although amateurs were time to time part of the peloton … Read more
Where the cycling term “domestique” came from?
“C’EST UN DOMESTIQUE” He is just a servant. This was Henri Desgrange’s opinion about Maurice Brocco, who offered his services to help other riders at the Tour de France in 1911.
Iconic Places: Where the First Tour de France Started
There is a café-restaurant in the Parisian suburb Mortgeon, that witnessed cycling history 117 years ago. On the afternoon of 1 July 1903, people gathered on the street in front of the café Au Reveil Matin‘s building: the first Tour de France was ready to start. Originally 78 riders signed up to the race, and … Read more
Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Firmin Lambot
The oldest Tour de France winner ever, Firmin Lambot was born in Florennes (Belgium) in 1886. Like many of his contemporaries, Lambot used his bicycle to ride to work since his age of 17. When he won his first bike race, he bought a racing bicycle from the prize.He turned professional in 1908 and attended … Read more
Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Marcel Buysse
The oldest of the famous Buysse bothers, Marcel Buysse was born on the 1st November 1889 in Wontergem. (Belgium) Marcel Buysse finished 4th the Tour de France 1912. Next year he was leading the race for two days but he had a puncture, lost time, dropped from the top of the general classification. He won … Read more
Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Philippe Thys
The first 3-time winner of the Tour de France, Philippe Thys was born in Anderlecht on the 8th of October 1889. He won the first Belgian cyclo-cross championship (1910) and some road stage races before he turned professional. Also, he was the best independent rider at the Tour de France in 1911. Philippe Thys won … Read more