LeMond and Z Team Mates on the Paris Podium at the 1990 Tour de France. 59 Year Old Greg LeMond is the first American to receive the honor. It was signed by President Trump. He won the Tour de France three times (1986, 1989 and 1990) as well as two […]
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The Tour to the power of 10 – 1940: The Tour that wasn’t
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 […]
The Tour to the power of 10 – 1930: The Tour revolutionizes (3/10)
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. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in 1930, the year of a major revolution when, Tour boss and […]