Who won the Tour de France the year you were born?
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3 time periods were left blank, 2 World Wars and the Lance Armstrong Doping years..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...cation_winners
So 1947 was the 1st post WW2 war year , (none for 40~46)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...cation_winners
So 1947 was the 1st post WW2 war year , (none for 40~46)
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Jean Lazarides, France (1946)
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That, with his cycling talent, makes a nice association for a birth-year in the context of this thread.
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Jean Robic, Team West (1947)
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Jacques Anquetil his first of 5
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Some dude. lol
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He was indeed. Nice that you mention that fact. Something of a 'quiet hero' to many Jews -- he certainly is such in my eyes. There is an excellent book about his resistance activities (Road to Valor[2013]) and his story features in a recent documentary, My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes[2014, I think].
That, with his cycling talent, makes a nice association for a birth-year in the context of this thread.
That, with his cycling talent, makes a nice association for a birth-year in the context of this thread.
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Another Bobetette. (I like that. Much better than baby boomer.)
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Gastone Nencini (ITA), Jacques Anquetil won the Giro and was absent form the 1960 Tour.
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Same as in post #17 - Charly Gaul (Luxembourg). He won in 1958 by winning four of the mountain climbing stages in that race. He also won the Giro twice (1956 & 1959), and won a whole bunch of climbing stages in the TdF and Giro. He was the dominant climber of this time, and he didn't mind riding in inclement weather conditions. Also won a lot of one-day and cyclocross races (but never the Paris-Roubaix classic).
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Louison Bobet, the cry baby! That was 1954.
I am sidelined recovering from a surgery and thought I would look it up. It is interesting. Louison is a Frenchman who served in WW II. He became a professional cyclist in 1947. He had to withdraw from a race with an injury an cried because the team sent him home. The press nicknamed him La Bobetette, and the cry baby. That fired him up.
He became the first person to win the Tour 3 consecutive years.
I am going to try and find a bike like he rode and rebuild it, just because, its a bike!
Who won your birth year?
I am sidelined recovering from a surgery and thought I would look it up. It is interesting. Louison is a Frenchman who served in WW II. He became a professional cyclist in 1947. He had to withdraw from a race with an injury an cried because the team sent him home. The press nicknamed him La Bobetette, and the cry baby. That fired him up.
He became the first person to win the Tour 3 consecutive years.
I am going to try and find a bike like he rode and rebuild it, just because, its a bike!
Who won your birth year?
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Same here. Won in 1948 at 34yrs old. His story is inspirational.
Here is a link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5jXRKT3FJc
Here is a link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5jXRKT3FJc
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That was my dad's generation-stoic and low drama. They were tough guys (and gals.) Sure seem different than folks today. Those images of Mussolini and the twisted world order they represent are a cautionary tale.
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Heroes are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
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1957 was Jacques Anquetil's first of five T.D.F. wins.
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