Archive for August, 2013
August 30, 2013 at 4:52 pm · Filed under Cycling, The history of cycle racing
In the Cav era the expectation is that the green jersey contenders will spend most of the Tour in the laughing group and pop up now and then to win a stage. Back in the fifties it was different and don’t get confused by Cav/Darrigade comparisons. All they share is having won twenty plus stages and a rainbow jersey but the Frenchman was far more complete than the Manxman.
Check out the top twelve in the green jersey competion in the 1959 Tour and then look at their positions overall. They are all beyond Cav’s wildest dreams. Even Oscar couldn’t compete with this lot. I haven’t a clue how the points were awarded but I see that in the previous Tour the Points winner had the lowest total so presumably that year it was one point for the win and so on.
Green jersey posn. Points total Overall posn.
Darrigade 613 16th
Saint 524 9th
Anquetil 503 Third
Gaul 425 12th
Bahamontes 425 First
Graf 394 21st
Riviere 390 4th
Hoevenaers 387 8th
Anglade 383 Second
Van Aerde 366 22nd
Baldini 315 6th
Robinson 314 19th
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August 16, 2013 at 8:05 pm · Filed under Cycling, Pic of the day, The history of cycle racing
Now I don’t want to big up greenjersey but it is remarkable how many hits I get about the Kirkby CC and its predecessor the Melling Wheelers. I guess too many old cyclists are idling their time away in front of the computer instead of getting the miles in. I was sent these photos by Phil Squires who tells me he was a “social” member of the Wheelers. If you recognise any of these young scallies post a comment.
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