Last rider to win the TdF on a Steel Bike?
12-20-08, 06:11 PM
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Last rider to win the TdF on a Steel Bike?
Ok, so I got my Aluminum answer. What about steel?
Pedro Delgado? Or am I off by a lot? Perhaps the first Fignon win? Really, I have no idea.
Pedro Delgado? Or am I off by a lot? Perhaps the first Fignon win? Really, I have no idea.
12-20-08, 08:12 PM
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I think Indurain won on one for at least on of wins but I'm not positive.
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12-20-08, 08:13 PM
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I'll go with Indurain....not sure about Riis / Ullrich..Pretty sure Pantani was on Scandium..and then carbon ever since.
12-20-08, 08:15 PM
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Pantani was on straight aluminum (not Scandium) so was Ullrich and I believe Riis was aluminum as well.
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12-20-08, 08:28 PM
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Aluminium Crusader :-)
Without too much Googling, i reckon it's either Riis in 1996 or Ullrich in 1997.
If not, then it's definitely Indurain. Of course, Ullrich and Riis may have ridden both
EDIT: After a bit more Googling, it looks as though it was Indurain in 1994, because of the quote from Pinarello below, unless Riis or Ullrich went back to steel after 1995.
"This was the first TIG-welded steel bike to win the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, which happened in 1993. We also made the first aluminum TIG-welded bike to win both races in 1995. This was the first year we used Oria tubing. "
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...ures/pinarello
Pantani mostly rode one like this:
https://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1198/bianchigd6.jpg
Ullrich's bike looks alu to me, but it could be that Forma steel, which sometimes had big tubes
If not, then it's definitely Indurain. Of course, Ullrich and Riis may have ridden both
EDIT: After a bit more Googling, it looks as though it was Indurain in 1994, because of the quote from Pinarello below, unless Riis or Ullrich went back to steel after 1995.
"This was the first TIG-welded steel bike to win the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, which happened in 1993. We also made the first aluminum TIG-welded bike to win both races in 1995. This was the first year we used Oria tubing. "
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...ures/pinarello
Pantani mostly rode one like this:
https://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1198/bianchigd6.jpg
Ullrich's bike looks alu to me, but it could be that Forma steel, which sometimes had big tubes
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He won in 1999 on an aluminum. He rode the Bianchi's through 2000. In 2001 and 2002 Mercatone Uno and Pantani were on carbon Williers. In 2003 they may have been on De Rosa's I'm not sure. The glory years were all on Bianchi's though.
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Indurain's DeRosa
12-21-08, 08:06 AM
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What the hecks with that guys extra bars? Are those like Lemonds fad creation for descending? ouch, what an eyesore!
12-21-08, 08:08 AM
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Regardless of who won what, I'll leave steel only when they develop the silk bicycle.
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12-21-08, 08:59 AM
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Aluminium Crusader :-)
At the time they were banned, the sales of the bars made up 15% of Cinelli's turnover.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2...ep30news.shtml
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