Pédaleur de charme, meaning “Pedaler of Charm“, was Hugo Koblet‘s nickname (He won Tour de France in 1951 and Giro d’Italia in 1950). He also won the Mountain Classification of Giro d’Italia in 1950.
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Orson Welles, the famous American director was the official starter of the Tour de France in 1950. The best-known film directed by him is Citizen Kane.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories; it won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane was voted the greatest film of all time in five consecutive Sight & Sound’s polls of critics until it was displaced by Vertigo in the 2012 poll.
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1971 Tour de France was a scene of an epic Luis Ocaña vs Eddy Merckx battle. Eventually, the tour was a great tragedy for Luis Ocaña, who won the Tour de France in 1973 and the Vuelta a España in 1970.
Eddy Merckx won Tour de France in 1969 and 1970, and it looked like he was well on the way to his hat trick. Pre-race predictions were certain that if he would not become ill or crash, Merckx would be the winner, and was speculating whether he would be able to lead the race from start to end. But Luis Ocaña of Spain had something to say about this matter.
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Cannondale Slice is a time trial (TT) bike, produced by US-based bicycle manufacturer Cannondale. The bike holds the Ironman World Championship in Kona women course record.
The bike also has three-in-a-row women Ironman World Championship victories (Chrissie Wellington of Great Britain, 2007,2008 and 2009). The current Ironman Hawaii (Kona) women course record was set in 2011 by Chrissie Wellington, whose winning time was 9 hrs 3 mins 29 sec, on a Slice.
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Cannondale Slice RS is the top-end time trial (TT) bike of the bicycle manufacturer Cannondale. The new Slice RS first used in Tour de France 2012 by the WorldTour team Liquigas-Cannondale.
For the construction of the frame, Cannondale uses the same Hi-Modulus carbon fiber as found on the Cannondale SuperSix Evo. To offer some comfort, Cannondale uses the SAVE technology found on bikes like Cannondale Synapse on the seat stays.
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The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2013 edition will start in Alanya on April 21, Sunday. The race will be concluded in İstanbul on April 28, Sunday.
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In May 2011, I and two friends went to Riccione, Italy, for a cycling training tour. Riccione is a touristic town near the Adriatic coast, south of the Rimini.
Continue reading “Cycling tour in Italy”Contador calls for zero tolerance
Alberto Contador has told French television that there is no place for dopers within the sport. He said: “For cycling, it should be zero tolerance, I express myself less certain but it is clear that there is no place for cheaters.”
Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank rider previously banned for two years having recorded a positive test for Clenbuterol and stripped off of two grand tour titles (2010 Tour de France and 2011 Giro d’Italia).
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Tyler Hamilton‘s book, “The Secret Race” won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize for 2012, becoming the third cycling book to win the prestigious British prize.
The announcement was made this afternoon at Waterstones Piccadilly by BBC sports journalist John Inverdale.
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Sedona Istanbul is a concept road bike produced by Turkish bicycle manufacturer Sedona. Artworks on the frame are drawn by Aydan Çelik, a friend of mine.
The artworks on the frame are some historical and cultural details of Istanbul: buildings, boats, bridges, etc.
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