On Aug 27, 4:41 pm, cyclin...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 27, 11:19 am, Andre <ANDREJANSSE...@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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> > On Aug 27, 10:47 am, cyclin...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > On Aug 25, 4:03 pm, Andre <ANDREJANSSE...@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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> > > > Could this be the next Belgian to win the Tour?
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> > > >http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cyclingnews.com/pho...
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> > > How many Belgians have one the Tour recently?
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> > Lucien Van Impe was the last one.
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> (Have "one" the Tour? Wow that was really dumb.)
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> Van Impe was a climber and not many climbers win the Tour. It takes a
> combination of course and conditions.
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> Eddy was a murderer and could have beaten anyone on a bicycle. But he
> is once is ten generations. Belgium is a tiny country and hence will
> only find a Tour winner once a century if statistics are anything to
> judge.
I estimated about 14 names and about 20 tdf victories:
1903 - Maurice Garin (Fra) *
1904 - Henri Cornet (Fra)
1905 - Louis Trousselier (Fra)
1906 - René Pottier (Fra)
1907 - Lucien 'Petit Breton' Mazan (Fra)
1908 - Lucien 'Petit Breton' Mazan (Fra)
1909 - François Faber (Lux)
1910 - Octave Lapize (Fra)
1911 - Gustave Garrigou (Fra)
1912 - Odile Defraye (Bel)
1913 - Philippe Thys (Bel)
1914 - Philippe Thys (Bel) *
1915-1918 no Tour de France (WW I)
1919 - Firmin Lambot (Bel)
1920 - Philippe Thys (Bel)
1921 - Léon Scieur (Bel)
1922 - Firmin Lambot (Bel) **
1923 - Henri Pélissier (Fra)
1924 - Ottavio Bottecchia (Ita) *
1925 - Ottavio Bottecchia (Ita)
1926 - Lucien Buysse (Bel)
1927 - Nicolas Frantz (Lux)
1928 - Nicolas Frantz (Lux) *
1929 - Maurice De Waele (Bel)
1930 - André Leducq (Fra)
1931 - Antonin Magne (Fra)
1932 - André Leducq (Fra)
1933 - Georges Speicher (Fra)
1934 - Antonin Magne (Fra)
1935 - Romain Maes (Bel) *
1936 - Sylvère Maes (Bel)
1937 - Roger Lapebie (Fra)
1938 - Gino Bartali (Ita)
1939 - Sylvère Maes (Bel)
1940-1946 no official Tours (WW II)
Unofficial Tours:
1942 "Circuit de France" - François Neuville (Bel)
1943 "GP du Tour de France" - Jo Goutorbe (Fra)
1944 "GP du Tour de France"
- Maurice De Simpelaere (Bel)
1946 "Ronde de France" - Giulio Breschi (Ita) &
"La Course du Tour de France" - Apo Lazarides (Fra)
1947 - Jean Robic (Fra)
1948 - Gino Bartali (Ita)
1949 - Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1950 - Ferdi Kübler (Sui)
1951 - Hugo Koblet (Sui)
1952 - Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1953 - Louison Bobet (Fra)
1954 - Louison Bobet (Fra)
1955 - Louison Bobet (Fra)
1956 - Roger Walkowiak (Fra) **
1957 - Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1958 - Charly Gaul (Lux)
1959 - Federico Bahamontès (Esp)
1960 - Gastone Nencini (Ita) **
1961 - Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1962 - Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1963 - Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1964 - Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1965 - Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1966 - Lucien Aimar (Fra) **
1967 - Roger Pingeon (Fra)
1968 - Jan Janssen (Ned)
1969 - Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1970 - Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1971 - Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1972 - Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1973 - Luis Ocaña (Esp)
1974 - Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1975 - Bernard Thévenet (Fra)
1976 - Lucien Van Impe (Bel)