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Renault yellow jersey - Bernard Hinault 1978 At his debut in the Tour de France in 1978 Bernard Hinault won immediately. The Tour started that year in Leiden, the Netherlands. Pollentier was caught doping during the Tour and was expelled, Henny Kuiper crashed and had to quit. In the end the race was between Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk. The...

Renault yellow jersey - Bernard Hinault 1978 At his debut in the Tour de France in 1978 Bernard Hinault won immediately. The Tour started that year in Leiden, the Netherlands. Pollentier was caught doping during the Tour and was expelled, Henny Kuiper crashed and had to quit. In the end the race was between Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk. The...

Retro Cycling Jersey Bic Orange - REDTED Order now a retro cycling jersey from Bic. This comfortable cycling jersey is a replica of the jersey of the Bic team from the period 1967-1974.  Bic is a former French cycling team which was active in the peloton from 1967 until 1974. The team was sponsored by the same named brand Bic,...

A little while back we received a lovely message from Laurent, a real cycling fanatic and loyal fan of Eddy Merckx. He asked if he could order two shirts from us, because he had a Meet & Greet with the one and only Eddy Merckx. How jealous we were!    Eddy Merckx at the Meet & Greet in Overijse The next...

Before July, 1903, nothing like the Tour de France had ever been attempted. 60 men, mostly French, mounted their bicycles outside a café in Paris. The challenge of embarking on an unprecedented endurance without knowing the prize money of 20,000 francs brought all of these cyclists together. Henri Desgrange, a French cyclist and journalist, organised this endurance race, which was...