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 […]
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The Tour to the power of 10 – 1950: divorce Italian style (5/10)
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 1950, marked by the collective departure of the Italian riders after […]
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 […]
VIRTUAL TOUR DE FRANCE DAL-CIN AND ERATH MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR ZWIFT ABILITIES
July 11 th 2020 Matteo Dal-Cin (Rally Cycling), a true Zwift enthusiast, has won stage 3 of the Virtual Tour de France as he outsprinted Jake Stewart (Groupama-FDJ) on Saturday. NTT Pro Cycling Team maintain the overall lead thanks to Ryan Gibbons (5th) and Rasmus Tiller (6th). Earlier in the […]
1920: “sportsmen” according to Desgrange (2/10)
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 10:1910: Alphonse Steinès’s great deception (1/10)
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 […]
LA COURSE BY LE TOUR DE FRANCE 2020 : TEAMS SELECTION
In accordance with the Union Cycliste International’s regulations, the eight UCI Women’s WorldTeams automatically entered are: ALE’ BTC LJUBLJANA (ITA)CANYON / /SRAM RACING (GER)CCC – LIV (POL)FDJ NOUVELLE – AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE (FRA)MITCHELTON SCOTT (AUS)MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN (ESP)TEAM SUNWEB (GER)TREK – SEGAFREDO (USA) As well as the eight teams already selected, […]
Virtual Tour de France First Weekend
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BAHRAIN McLAREN READY FOR THE VIRTUAL TOUR DE FRANCE
Thursday, 2nd July 2020 – The Covid-19 pandemic brought many challenges to our lives but also many innovative solutions. One of those is also digital editions of classic races that were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Our team fully supports such great initiatives and is delighted to join many […]
MIKEL LANDA IS PREPARING FOR TOUR DE FRANCE
Murgia, May 20 – Mikel Landa met several Spanish sports journalists online this afternoon. The first point discussed was the end of lockdown and the start of a return to normal life. “The first thing I did – said Mikel – was to go uphill near my house and I […]