Bringing Cycling to Life Through Images
At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organizational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time continues in 1980, when persistent knee problems forced Bernard Hinault to make a discreet exit on […]
Jean-Marie LeBlanc and Eddy Merckx racing the 1970 Tour de France At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organizational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in […]
Le Coq Sportif is following up the BBR capsule with a tribute to Bernard Hinault, one of the greatest champions the Tour de France has ever seen. Its black and yellow design, based on the colors of his old team, and the quote “TANT QUE JE RESPIRE, J’ATTAQUE” (As long […]
At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organizational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in 1960, specifically on the penultimate stage, when the peloton was paid […]
At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in 1950, marked by the collective departure of the Italian riders after […]
At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organizational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time continues in 1940: when the country entered the war, Henri Desgrange tried to keep the 34th […]
At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in 1930, the year of a major revolution when, Tour boss and […]
The Tour to the power of 10 1920 TdF peloton At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in 1920, […]
The Tour to the power of 10 At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. Our journey back in time begins in 1910 with journalist-organiser Alphonse Steinès, who was […]
Le coq sportif and the Tour de France joined forces for a public auction held at Hôtel Drouot in Paris on Saturday 14 January. Several objects related to the iconic bicycle race went under the hammer, raising €7650 for QHUBEKA, an organisation that fights to improve the lot of South […]
