Jean Robic, winner of Tour de France 1947, was one of the most important cyclists of the post 2nd world war era. Of course, he… Read More »A lunch before the race (Jean Robic, Tour de France 1951)
Federico Bahamontes competed at Tour de France for the first time in 1954. He was picked for the race by Julián Berredero, the director of… Read More »Vintage cycling image of the day: Federico Bahamontes on Tourmalet (Tour de France 1954)
Vitange cycling image of the day on PelotonTales: Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi in the Dolomites at Giro d’Italia 1940. Before Giro d’Italia 1940, Gino… Read More »Bartali and Coppi together in the Dolomites (Giro d’Italia 1940)
Fausto Coppi rode Paris-Roubaix 5 times (1949, 1950, 1952, 1955 and 1959), only one time (1950) managed to win the famous Hell of the North.… Read More »Maurice Diot and Fausto Coppi (Paris-Roubaix 1950)
Giro d’Italia 1912 was a unique grand tour edition, where teams were competing and no individual winner was awarded. The race started on 19th May… Read More »Vintage cycling image of the day: Start of Giro d’Italia 1912
It’s not only the early days of road cycling, but sometimes unique moments with animals could (and can) happen in more modern times during a… Read More »Vintage cycling image of the day: Eddy vs. a horse
The close proximity to the everyday life has always been one of the most intriguing essencial features of road cycling races. Since the beginning of… Read More »Robert Jacquinot having a meal in a café (Tour de France 1922)
THE 19TH CENTURY CYCLING CONTENT MOVED TO. THE CYCLING REVOLUTION BLOG, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF PELOTONTALES BLOG FAMILY. Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre Curie (1857-1906)… Read More »Marie and Pierre Curie on their honeymoon (Vintage cycling image of the day)
Paul Duboc was one of the favourite of the Tour de France in 1911. Here youcan see him at one of the official checkpoints of… Read More »Vintage cycling image of the day: checkpoint at Tour de France 1911
In 1926, Tour de France started outside Paris for the very first time. In 1926, Evian, the famous high-market holiday resort and spa town on… Read More »Vintage cycling image of the day: first stage of Tour de France 1926