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Who won the Tour de France the year you were born?

Old 05-01-17, 04:43 AM
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Frederico Bahamontas
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Some French bloke I'd never heard of... indeed, it seems few people have or had. He didn't even win a stage and his win was controversial. However, he DID win the TdF.
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Charly Gaul! Read an interesting book about him awhile back...
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Originally Posted by AlexCyclistRoch
Anquetil (1961).
Ditto here.
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Interesting to read about this gentleman who won in 1956.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Walkowiak
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Originally Posted by Ogsarg
Interesting to read about this gentleman who won in 1956.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Walkowiak
That's my year. Rather a sad story isn't it, to win the great race but have the achievement denied because you weren't a 'name'.
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Another Bahamontes here.
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Roger Pingeon, 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Pingeon
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Old 05-08-17, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by JanMM
Ferdinand "Ferdi" Kübler won in 1950 but, strangely enough, I didn't remember that and had to look it up on the interwebs.
because the Italians dropped out in a huff over crowd violence
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Louison Bobet (France) 130 Hours 29 Minutes 26 Seconds.
Year: 1955
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Jacques Anquetil -- for his 5th win.
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The year I was born, the Tour de France didn't happen because of the German occupation.
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Jacques Anquetil won his second Tour de France, when I was born.
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1959 Federico Bahamontes, The Eagle of Toledo, I have always loved that nickname but didn't know who he was. Great idea for a thread.
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Fausto Coppi... 1952.

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