
One of the three Camellia japonica full of my mother flowering in my garden.
«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
The only good thing of this stupid season is to wear my fabulous yellow SLIPSTREAMS.
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.