To be fair, cycling fans will watch Giro d’Italia in next May, won’t care, I suppose, not even know about the delay of the route presentation of the next edition of the race. The little frustration I implied in the headline of the post derives from the point of view of being a content creator.
The other grand tours
Anyway, while we’re waiting for the date of the route presentation of Giro d’Italia 2025, let’s take a look at the other grand tours. At PelotonTales, there are special sites dedicated to both the
Tour de France 2025
and
The program of the next Tour de France was presented in October, while the stages of La Vuelta will be revealed on the 19th December 2024 .
Giro d’Italia history
Vintage Road Cycling Stories is the heart of PelotonTales blogfamily. The project provides fascinating stories from the past of road cycling races, fun facts, and short biographies of lesser known cyclists from the eternal peloton with the most uique life and career.
Most recently the website was focusing mkre on the history of Giro d’Italia on the 1930s, including some unique achievements of some members of the peleloton.
Here are some of the latest entries of the Faces of the Giro d’Italia peloton category:
Learn about the cyclist who won the Giro d’Italia during Alfredo Binda’s absence
Giuseppe Olmo, winner of ten stages in a single Giro d’Italia edition
Olimpio Bizzi, the youngest Giro d’Italia stage winner ever
Road cycling history beyond the Giro d’Italia
Of course, the most popular content on Vintage Road Cycling Stories, or, I suppose, any website related to road cycling history, is the history of Tour de France.
Here are some of the most popular ones:
Federico Bahamontes stops for an ice cream (Tour de France 1954)
The battle on Puy de Dôme: Raymond Poulidor’s closest chance at Tour de France glory
Hand in hand on the top of Alpe d’Huez
Eddy Merckx’s epic solo victory in the Pyrenees (Tour de France 1969)
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