Pro Racing pub quiz

[Bobby Mhor]

122

 

[Dayvo]

134 (I'm going modern day, not early days when only a handful started anyway)

Waaay out: and it's a looong time ago.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

The fewest number of cyclists to complete the T de F. How many?

And guess, if you don't know, don't google.

12?

 

[Dayvo]

12?

Nope.

 

[Dayvo]

Shall I tell you or do you want to have 196(?) guesses?

 

[coffeejo]

50

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Shall I tell you or do you want to have 196(?) guesses?

12 must be close. I'm fairly sure the editions just after WW1 had close to single figures so I went with 12

11?
10?

 

[Dayvo]

50

Lower.

 

[Dayvo]

12 must be close. I'm fairly sure the editions just after WW1 had close to single figures so I went with 12


10?

A winner!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Tour_de_France#General_classification

and there was almost a day's difference between the 1st and 10th finisher.

 

[Dayvo]

1919 was also the first time the yellow jersey was used.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

A winner!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Tour_de_France#General_classification

and there was almost a day's difference between the 1st and 10th finisher.

It really was a tour round the perimeter of France that one!
And the last man home was also the amateur winner.

 

[Dayvo]

Last mention of this tour: have a look at those stage distances!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Tour_de_France#Results

 

[Mattonsea]

Last mention of this tour: have a look at those stage distances!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Tour_de_France#Results

Puts the modern day peloton in the shade.know wonder some took the train .

 

[rich p]

Name the top 5 British race winners in terms of races won. Professionals only.

 

[Legs]

Mauricio Soler deserves a mention as a former KoM TdeF winner.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/http:/ww...l-coming-to-terms-with-life-after-retirement/

Plus Santiago Botero, also mentioned in the article as a KoM TdeF winner.

Luis Herrera, who won all three KoM Grand Tour competitions.

Víctor Hugo Peña, first Colombian yellow jersey.

And of course Nairo Quintana, the first Colombian grand tour winner.

Oliverio Rincon must be a good candidate for the list - won stages in all three GTs including an epic stage in the 1993 Tour, the first that I followed fantatically (Andorra?)