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Le Tour de France: Stage 19A, 19B, and 19C – La Rochelle – La Roche-sur-Yon : La Roche-sur-Yon – Cholet : Cholet – Angers, 1936 | Cycling History
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. Le Tour de France: Stage 19A, 19B, and 19C – La Rochelle La Roche-sur-Yon : La Roche-sur-Yon Cholet : Cholet Angers, 1936. One innovation that proved durable and unpopular in equal measures was the split stage introduced in 1934. It was the year that the individual time trial made its first appearance in Le Tour following the success of the Grand Prix des Nations, the long distance time trial created by. That could inform France o...
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Le Tour de France: Stage 21 – Paris ITT, 1989 | Cycling History
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. Le Tour de France: Stage 21 – Paris ITT, 1989. Oh, my God, you’ve won! Newspapers worldwide had to rewrite the fairytale ending, changing their pre-written copy that had Fignon winning Le Tour to take account of what had actually happened on the road. LeMond had won the final stage and the Tour by only 8 seconds! It is hard to see any other Tour in the future ever being decided by only a handful of seconds again. 8220;I was convin...
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The Flotsam and Jetsam of Yesterday. March 22, 2014. Sailing west from Byzantium: Columbus and the fall of Constantinople. In continuing with March’s theme of the age of discovery, I present to you Sean Munger’s post on the Byzantium and Christopher Columbus. What does the fall of Constantinople have to do with the Age of Discovery? This epic voyage happened, and it has a lot more to do with the history of Byzantium than most realize. The Byzantine Empire breathed its last on the morning of May 29, 1453.
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. December 25, 2015 · 3 Comments. Cycling Shorts: Richter’s Raketenrad. Sometimes pedal power just isn’t enough, which has led to various attempts at adding extra oomph to the relatively low, if efficient, power output achieved with human muscle and chains … Continue reading →. December 17, 2015 · 1 Comment. Transferable Technology: From the Bicycle to the Aeroplane and the Car. December 10, 2015 · 3 Comments. Unlike the successful ...
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Le Tour de France: Stage 18 – Blagnac-Brive-la-Gaillarde, 2012 | Cycling History
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. Le Tour de France: Stage 18 – Blagnac-Brive-la-Gaillarde, 2012. Mark Cavendish sprints for line to win stage 18 of the 2012 Tour de France. Tim De Waele. Cue peals of thunder, bolts of lightning, ominous sounds on the wind, for it’s time to talk about … The Curse of The Rainbow Jersey! With 1 kilometre to go setting Cavendish up to become the first ever World Champion to win on the Champs-Élysées. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You a...
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Le Tour de France: Stage 20 – Brive-Puy de Dôme, 1964 | Cycling History
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. Le Tour de France: Stage 20 – Brive-Puy de Dôme, 1964. Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor battle for supremacy on the Puy de Dôme, 1964. Two flat stages followed before stage 20, the final mountain stage. With the final individual time trial in Paris yet to come realistically it was Poulidor’s last chance to win Le Tour. Would he attack? Could Anquetil follow if he did? The stage began with an attack by Groussard which Poulidor...
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Le Tour de France: Stage 17 – Luchon-Mourenx, 1969 | Cycling History
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. Le Tour de France: Stage 17 – Luchon-Mourenx, 1969. Eddy Merckx during Stage 17 of the 1969 Tour de France. Anyone who is interested in the history of professional bike racing knows the name of Eddy Merckx, Belgium’s most famous son and undoubtedly the greatest racing cyclist ever. In 1969 he was in his fourth year as a professional and had already racked up a. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Le Tour de France.
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Le Tour de France: Rest Day 2 | Cycling History
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History of Cycling in n 1 Objects. Europeenses – My European History Blog. Le Tour de France: Rest Day 2. Today is the second rest day of this year’s Tour which seems like a good opportunity to take a break from writing and share some Tour photos with you instead. So in no particular order:. A spectator helps Jan Nolten to cool off during stage 14, 1953. Greg Lemond and Bernard Hinault on the Alpe d’Huez, 1986. The peloton crossing the bridge of Sisteron, 2014 PA. Domestiques load up on beer, 1964. Leave...
