«Ah, mais je vous reconnais: vous êtes celui qui a perdu le Tour de 8 secondes!»
«Non, monsieur, je suis celui qui en a gagné deux!»
LAURENT FIGNON – Nous étions jeunes et insouciants – ed.Grasset & Fasquelle
Tag: tour de france
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this tour!
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it is not a French cultural thing!
«…Contrary to the testimony of DAVID BRAILSFORD in front of the Committee, we believe that drugs were being used by Team Sky, within the WADA rules, to enhance the performance of riders, and not just to treat medical need.” – British Parliament’s House of Commons, British Government Report.
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rip
Uf wiederluege ANDY RIHS. Really sad to hear that the great visionary and creator of the Swiss bicycle manufacturer BMC died today. In the picture ANDY RIHS with BMC Racing Team captain CADEL EVANS on the Champs-Élysées after winning the 2011 TOUR DE FRANCE.
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col de la croix de fer
July 2002. A day in hell! Bourg d’Oisans – Col de la Croix de Fer – Col du Télégraph – Col de Galibier – Alpe d’Huez.
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gonna take a little nap?
No attack? No breakaway? Want to take a nap during TOUR DE FRANCE long boring flat stages? For example during next stage 10 or 11? Learn when it will be the best moment to take a nap, according to this guide prepared by French newspaper LE MONDE.
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il giro è lui
«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!
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bon anniversaire roi richard
«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
