The 71th Tour de France was held between 29th June and 22 July 1984.
Tour de France Vintage
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.
8 July 1971 Luis Ocana won in Orcieres-Merlette
Orcieres-Merlette (or Orcieres Merlette 1850), the ski resort in the Alpes was introduced to Tour de France during this edition. Not only the 11th stage finished here, but also the peloton spent the rest day and the 12stage started at the place.. The 134 km long stage from Grenoble was won by Luis Ocana. He … Read more
7 July 1949 Fausto Coppi’s First TDF- Stage Victory
It was a 92 km long individual time trial between Les Sables-d’Olonne and La Rochelle. It took Coppi 2hr 18min 10sec to finish it. He won the race ahead of Ferdy Kübler with 1 min and 32 sec. (Lead pic: Fausto Coppi on the Tourmalet on the 11th stage of Tour de France 1949)
Mini-Cycling Who’s Who: Sylvère Maes
Two-time Tour de France winner Sylvère Maes was born on the 27th August 1909 in Zevekote, Belgium.