Tour De France 2014: 101 Years of Bike History

101 YEARS OF TOUR DE FRANCE BIKES le TOR france de 1903 I 1914 I FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE! MAURICE GARN WINS ON HIS STEEL LA FRANCAISE! BELGIAN LÉON SCIEUR WNS ON HS THOMANN-JOLY WITA DROP HANDLEBARS AND A BULT-N TRE PUMPI 1924 I 1930I FIRSTEVER ITALIAN WANNER OTTAVIO BOTTECCHIA IS VICTORIOUS ON HS FLASHY AUTONOTO HUTCHNSON ANDRE LEDUCA WINS ON HS ALCYON DNLOP N 30 AND 32 1952 I 1947 WINNER JEAN ROBIC RODE TEIS COLOMB-CLEMENT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RIDERS TO WEAR A HELMET 1934-39 I ANTONIN MAGNE (AKA "THE MONK) WONN3 AND 34 SECRETLY USING A NEW KIND OF DURALUMN RM HE COLD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFED FOR THIS. 1962 I JACQUES ANQUE TIL WON 5 TIMES RIDING A SAINT-RAPHAEL HELYETT. 1967I FELICE GIMONDI WON IN 65 AND RODE A GREEN BIANCHI FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 1974I 1985 I BELGIAN EDDIE MERCKX IS ONE OF THE MOSTFAMOUS RIDERS OF ALL TIME, WINNING 5 TMES. HE STARTED HIS OWN BIKE LINE IN 1980. LAURENT FIGNON (IN GLASSES) WON IN "84 AND '85 ON HIS STEEL GITANE. 1994 I 1990 I FIRSTUS WINNER GREG LEMOND WON RIDING THIS CUSTOM PAINTED BIKE. MIGUEL INDURAIN WON FOR HIS 4TH TIME IN 1994. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME A STEEL FRAMED BIKE WON THE TOUR DE FRANCE. FRancie 1998 I 1999-2003 I MARCO PANTANI WON ON AN ALUMINUM FRAMED BIANCHI MEGA PRO XL REPARTO CORSE. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME ANYONE WON NOT RIDING A BIKE MADE FROM CARBON FIBER LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HIS TTTLES, BUTHE WAS THE FIRST WINNER TO RIDE A CARBON FIBER BIKE FROM START TO FINISH. 2013 I 2014I ALBERTO CONTADOR (AKA "EL PISTOLERO") WON IN '07 AND '09. CONTADOR CUSTOMIZES HIS BIKES (LIKE THIS TARMAC SL4) FOR CLIMBING BIKES HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE 1903, DON'T YOU THINK? TREK JUST PREMIERED THE LIGHTEST BIKE EVER FOR THE 2014 TOUR DE FRANCE. SOURCES BROUGHT TO YOU BY http://gizmodo.com/100-years-of-tour-de-france-bikes-map-the-evolution-of-709973821 www.qprism.com