Memories from the Professional Cycling scene from way back to the present. The Good and the bad. Anything and everything goes. All the memories.
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Love this photo...thanks to @peloton_tales for this one.
René Vietto repairs a tire on the Galibier with Tour boss Henri Desgrange watching - Tour de France early 1930s
#tourdefrance #retrocycling #vintagecycling #pelotontales #cyclinglife #velo #ciclismo #cyclisme #cycligstories #cyclinglegends #renevietto #henridesgrange
Happy Birthday to Remco Evenepoel 🇧🇪. Hard to believe he is only 21 today. Can't wait to see him racing again. Here he wins his first race as a pro... Stage 2 of the 2019 Baloise Belgium Tour to Zottegem (179.9km) He also won the race overall #cycling
Happy Birthday to Fernando Escartín 🇪🇸. Here he wins Stage 15 of the 1999 Tour De France to Piau-Engaly (174km). #cycling
Happy Birthday to Stefano Zanini 🇮🇹. Here he wins Stage 21 of the 2000 Tour De France on the Champs-Élysées #cycling @StefanoZanini Great victory!!
Happy Birthday to the man of steel Andrei Tchmil 🇧🇪 (formerly 🇲🇩) Here he wins Stage 3 of the 1994 Kellogg's Tour to Liverpool #cycling
Happy Birthday to Abraham Olano 🇪🇸. Here he wins the 1995 World Championships in Duitama riding the last few kms with a flat rear wheel. It was a tough course.
2nd Miguel Indurain 🇪🇸
3rd Marco Pantani 🇮🇹
#cycling
Happy Birthday to Maximilian Schachmann 🇩🇪. Here he wins Stage 5 of the 2019 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya to Sant Cugat del Vallès (188.1km) #cycling
Happy Birthday to Mathieu Hermans 🇳🇱. Here he wins Stage 11 of the 1989 Tour De France to Blagnac (158.5km) Rudy Dhaenens crashes on the last corner while in the lead #cycling
Happy Birthday to Michael Rogers 🇦🇺. Here he wins Stage 16 of the 2014 Tour De France to Bagneres-de-Luchon (237.5km) His last win as a pro. #cycling
Happy Birthday to Giulio Ciccone 🇮🇹 Earlier this year he won the Trofeo Laigueglia #cycling
Happy Birthday to Michael Albasini 🇨🇭. Here he wins Stage 2 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco to Eltziego (173.4km) #cycling
Don't celebrate too early. Igor Kopse from Slovenia almost lost this race. He started his celebration and lost control of his bike. Luckily it was close enough to the line. Race was held in South Africa. This was the 35-39 category. #cycling
Sean Kelly 🇮🇪 The King wins the 1984 Liège - Bastogne - Liège. Just look at the names in the Top 10.
2nd Phil Anderson
3rd Greg LeMond
4th Steven Rooks
5th Acacio Da Silva
6th Marc Madiot
7th Claude Criquielion
8th Laurent Fignon
9th Joop Zoetemelk
10th Pascal Jules
Marino Lejarreta 🇪🇸 wins Stage 13 of the 1983 Vuelta a Espana to Lagos de Covadonga (188km) #cycling
Marc Gomez 🇫🇷 wins the 1982 Milan San Remo. Just how beautiful is that Wolber jersey? #cycling
2nd Alain Bondue 🇫🇷
3rd Moreno Argentin 🇮🇹
Giuseppe Saronni 🇮🇹 wins the 1980 La Flèche Wallonne
2nd Sven-Åke Nilsson 🇸🇪
3rd Bernard Hinault 🇫🇷
#cycling
Freddy Maertens 🇧🇪 wins the 1976 World Championships in Ostuni. He beat Francesco Moser in a sprint to the line. #cycling