Paris galibier

It’s hard to imagine a better place to start a ride. At 1,326m Briançon is the highest city in France. And with 300 clear days a year on average, it’s also one of the sunniest. To describe the morning

In the early 1890s a young Victor Goddet was working at the Vélodrome de l’Est, Paris. Every day a twenty-something rider arrived and every day Goddet studiously checked his pass. One day the rider qu

From an apprenticeship with one of France’s most famous Ferrari specialists to recent success as an automotive artist, Jean-Yves Tabourot’s journey has involved some spectacular machinery and dramatic

‘Monte Bondone, 8th June [1956]. A drama, a real drama, a shocking spectacle. From Trento to Monte Bondone, the snow: a few flakes 6km from the top, then the storm. It had rained all day, the cold and

Bianchi have been a staple of Italian cycling and racing for more than a century, with a long list of legends riding to victory on their ‘celeste’ bikes – a colour as synonymous with the Milanese bike

The Austrian mounted a speedy steed for the Tour’s opening stages