An elegant thoroughbred, speaking a polished french, this dutch cyclist Jan Jansssen was the first famous rider to…
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He is undoubtedly the number one in world cycling, and rightly nominated cyclist of the centuary by the I.C.U. (International…
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7 overall victories for Sean Kelly (1982-1988).
12 riders won Paris-Nice several times.
14 French riders won Paris-Nice.
11 nations are at the palmares of Paris-Nice.
21 years old. It was the age of the youngest rider to win Paris-Nice (Vietto in 1935).
9’39 is the biggest gap between the first and second riders at final overall classification (1939, final victory for Archambaud).
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Albert Lejune, owner of two newspapers Le Petit Journal based in Paris, and Le Petit Niçois based in Nice, created Les Six Jours de la Route in 1933 to establish a link between the two newspapers. For him it was about showing the charm of La Cote d’Azur to his readers with the help of a cycling race on an innovative route. For six…
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