
Don’t leave der Kaiser alone! Kopf hoch JAN ULLRICH!
Giro d’Italia(1967/1969/1976)-Tour de France(1965)-Vuelta(1968)-Tour de Romandie(1969)-World Champion(Barcelona 1973 in the picture)-Milano-San Remo(1974)-Paris-Roubaix-Giro di Lombardia(1966/1973)-Paris-Brussel(1966/1976)-Coppa Agostoni-Coppa Placci-Trofeo Baracchi-Coppa Bernocchi-Trofeo Matteotti-Sei giorni di Milano.
He won 141 races. Tanti auguri GIMONDI
FRANK VANDENBROUCKE, Paris Nice 1998, 5th stage. In my hall of fame.
«Primo classificato Coppi, in attesa del secondo, trasmettiamo musica da ballo». FAUSTO COPPI palmarès is incredible between the 40’s and the 50’s. He won five times 1940-1947-1949-1952-1953 the Giro d’Italia, in 1949 and 1952 both Giro and the Tour de France, five times the Giro di Lombardia, Milano-San Remo three times, Paris–Roubaix, Flèche Wallonne, was road World Champion in 1953 and in 1942 set the Hour Record. CAMPIONISSIMO!
«I soon realised that I didn’t have the brain to be anything but a racing cyclist.» RICHARD VIRENQUE.
GINO BARTALI, FAUSTO COPPI, CHARLY GAUL, FEDERICO BAHAMONTES, EDDY MERCKX, LUCIEN VAN IMPRE, CLAUDIO CHIAPPUCCI, LAURENT JALABERT, every famous rider worn once in his career the Maillot à pois, but only one, this extraordinary French climber, famous for all his day-long breakaways (242 km at the 95th Paris-Tours in 2001) was able to wear the polka-dot jersey for seven times between 1994 and 2004. Chapeau!
In the photo RICHARD VIRENQUE wearing the Polkadot jersey, MIGUEL INDURAIN the yellow jersey and LAURENT JALABERT the green jersey at the end of the Tour de France 1995. L’Équipe – Tour de France 100 ans
Happy birthday!
Born in London, TWIGGY was the world’s first supermodel, icon of the Swinging London in the late sixties. She collaborated with some of the most talented photographers of the time and appeared in fashion shots and covers for Vogue, British Vogue, American Vogue. Her career started at the age of sixteen, posing for the famous London hairdresser LEONARD.
Photo: Barry Lategan – National Portrait Gallery, London.