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Tour de France Maps as Posters and Gift Wrap!
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Get in Shape While You Watch the Tour de France with These Workouts, Drills, Stretches, and Mental Exercises
Turn Tour de France TV time into a workout with these selected workouts, drills, stretches, and mental exercises.
America’s Only Recognized Tour de France Winner, Greg LeMond, Celebrated in New Book Devoted to His Entire Career
Greg LeMond is America’s only recognized Tour de France winner, yet his three Tour victories tell only part of his story. LeMond changed cycling more than any other rider in the history of the sport. Now a new book, Greg LeMond: Yellow Jersey Racer, celebrates LeMond’s entire amazing career and his lasting influence.
VeloPress Releases Tour de France History Library Online
VeloPress has released stories from some of its top cycling history books on its new Tour de France History page on velopress.com.
Time Is On Your Side: Greg LeMond’s Time-Based Goals Helped Him Win the 1989 Tour de France
In this excerpt from How Bad Do You Want It?, pioneering American cyclist Greg LeMond races against the clock—and his rival Laurent Fignon—in an individual time trial stage of the Tour de France.
What Are the Best Tour de France Stages?
Cycling journalist Richard Moore asks, “What are the most memorable Tour de France stages of all time?”, and poses the 20 stages he thinks earn the mark. Includes excerpts from all 20 stages.
How to Reenact the 1986 Tour de France
Here’s how you can replay excerpts from Slaying the Badger to enjoy coverage of the entire 1986 Tour de France.
Stage 20, La Resurrection: Greg LeMond in the 1989 Tour de France
Greg LeMond awoke in Paris on Sunday, July 23, the final day of the 1989 Tour de France, and wondered what the next 12 hours held in store. The previous evening he had told his soigneur, Otto Jacome, that he thought he could do
Stage 19, Redemption: David Millar in the 2012 Tour de France
We had two and a half weeks to go,” says David Millar, reflecting on the situation he and his team, Garmin- Sharp, found themselves in, just one week into the 2012 Tour. “So we had to pull our heads out of our arses and find a new way of racing.”
Stage 18, Playstation Cycling: Andy Schleck in the 2011 Tour de France
It was a stage destined for the history books. But that was the whole point. On the 100th anniversary of the Tour’s first expedition into the Alps, the 18th stage finished at the top of one of the most mythical of mountains, the Col du Galibier.
Stage 17, Untold Stories: Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, and David Millar in the 2010 Tour de France
Climbing the Col du Tourmalet, Mark Cavendish slips out the back of the group. His loyal teammate, Bernhard Eisel, remains at his side and tries to encourage him. “Big effort, Cav, come on, stay with the group.”
Stage 16 Honor Among Thieves: Lance Armstrong and Iban Mayo in the 2003 Tour de France
Lance Armstrong is angry. “I mean, listen, look. Travis Tygart and his band of haters can say what they want. Those Tours happened. . . . It was an unfortunate time, most of us if not all of us played by the same set of rules. . . . I consider myself the winner of those seven Tours.”
Stage 15 Champagne Freddy: Freddy Maertens in the 1981 Tour de France
“Anyone who says they can do it naturally is a liar,” says Maertens, meaning racing without drugs.
Stage 14 The Unknown Warrior: Jose Luis Viejo in the 1976 Tour de France
The biggest winning margin by an individual rider on a stage of the Tour de France? That would be José Luis Viejo, on stage 11 in 1976.
Stage 13 Shock and Awe: Bobby Julich, Jorg Jaksche, Marco Pantani, and Jan Ullrich at the 1998 Tour de France
“Every day, including the stage to Plateau de Beille, he was just sitting at the back with his team,” recalls Bobby Julich, the American who was fourth in the Dublin prologue. “This is before race radios, and when you’re going back to talk to the team car there’s Marco sitting at the back, in last position.
Stage 11 Anarchy: Stephen Roche, Jean-Francois Bernard, and Andy Hampsten in the 1987 Tour de France
There’s a photo of me washing his face at the finish,” says Shelley Verses, “but really I was trying to cover his face, to hide it.”
How the Tour de France Has Changed
Before the Tour de France this summer, Discovery News posted an interesting story featuring Tour de France 100: How the Tour de France Has Changed.
Richard Moore’s PodiumCafe Interview on le Tour de France: Past and Present
Award-winning author Richard Moore was just interviewed about le Tour, present and past.