
Whatever the weather, enjoy your week-end. Team Renault-Elf winter training.
GUY LE QUERREC – Magnum Cycling – Thames & Hudson 2016. What a book!
Need a gift idea for the next Christmas? The new old Cinelli 1970 Replica wool jersey is a triumph of design and tradition. Made in Italy, 50% wool, 50% acrylic , mother-of-pearl buttons on the rear pocket and the CINELLI logo nicely embroidered. Lightweight, soft and warm, carefully guarded in an exclusive black slipcase.
Need a gift idea for the next Christmas? The book «Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle» in the deluxe gift box edition is a great gift!Limited to 200 copies, numbered and hand-signed by ANTONIO COLOMBO, carefully guarded in an exclusive slipcase includes an extra rare cycling CINELLI wool replica beanie made in Italy, the book is published by RIZZOLI and written by LODOVICO PIGNATTI MORANO with contributions by ANTONIO COLOMBO, FELICE GIMONDI, BARRY McGEE and sir PAUL SMITH. Hardcover, 222x30x292mm. 288 pages, 220 color pictures for 65 years of design and cycling history. A must for every library. You still have time to order and have it for Christmas.
The Strahov Stadium is a wonderful building on a hill in the center of Prague. The Stadium, first built in 1926, is the largest stadium in the world, with a capacity of 300.000 and is world renowned for the «Spartakiade» and for the concert of the ROLLING STONES held on 1990.
For me the Strahov is the place were FREDDY MAERTENS won the 1981 World Cycling Championship, beating GIUSEPPE SARONNI at the final sprint.
When I was living in Prague I regularly used the hill for my interval trainings. Last week we spent an afternoon with the beautiful SOFIA.
Photo: Antonello Tabarelli de Fatis
«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.