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30 May 1999 Marco Pantani wins on Oropa

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Marco Pantani and Laurent Jalabert climbing Oropa in the 15th stage of Giro d'Itali 1999.

Marco Pantani, leader of the general classification since the 14th stage finished first on the top of Oropa on the 30th of May in 1999. The ascent leading to the Sanctuary of Oropa (Santuatio di Oropa)   introduced to Giro d’Italia in 1963. Vico Taccone reached the top first. In 1993, Massimo Ghirotto was the fastest … Read more

Faces from the peloton: Raymond Impanis (1925-2010)

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Raymond Impanis riding the longest individual time trial in the history of Tour de France

The winner of the longest ever individual time trial (139 km ) in the history of Tour de France, Raymond Impanis had a successful career. Although a bit in the shadow of the biggest names of the era. That certain individual time trial at Tour de France 1947 was one of his two TDF stage … Read more

Paris -Nice 2023 Stage 5

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Stage 5 Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 9 March 2023 212,5 km   More: Let the real fight for the yellow begin Unconventional team time trial Tim Merlier won the bunch sprint at Paris-Nice 2023 Mads Pedersen sprints into yellow

Mads Pedersen sprints into yellow (Paris -Nice 2023 stage 2)

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Mads Pedersen wins the sprint in the second stage of Paris-Nice 2023

Stage 2 Bazainville – Fontainebleau 6 March 2023 164 km Summary After the first stage,  Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) was in the break again, bit this time alone. Tadej Pogacar took the 6″ time bonus again, now he is 2nd in the general classification. In the finale, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) was faster and stronger than Olav … Read more

The first monument winners

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montage picture of the five cyclist who won the first editions of the five monuments

Of course, they weren’t called “monuments” those days, but here are some interesting stuff about the winners of the first editions of the five most important one-day races. Léon Houa, Liége -Bastogne-Liége (1892) Belgian cyclist Léon Houa (1867-1918) actually won the first three editions of La Doyenne. The first two of them were amateur events. … Read more

5 facts about Tour de France 1908

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A group of riders at the start of Tour de France 1908

It was the first time, when the podium of the general classification was not entirely French. The 2nd in overall François Faber, although born and lived in France was originally a Luxembourgian. Lucien Petit-Breton became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France twice after he repeated his success from previous year. At one … Read more