Charly Gaul died on Tuesday. For me he was with Federico Bahamontes the greatest of the climbers over the last 50 years. I took up cycling in 1956 in a club...
Some photos to supplement Mike's posting: http://tinyurl.com/7erq3 ... climbers over the last 50 years. I took up cycling in 1956 in a club and region full of...
Thanks, Mike for an informative summary of Gaul's career. I can remember when I was a teenager, having picked up a copy of an old, used book called, "My World...
... Hi Korol Thanks for reminding me abouty the book. I bought a new copy when it came out in UK and have just brought out of my garage to read. Mockridge...
... The 1968 Briancon-Aix stage is best answer:- Gaul won in 6h59m10s contenders were 2nd Adrianssens at 7m50s, Favero 3rd at 10m9s, Geminiani 7th at 14m35s,...
... Karol, you have to realize that reporters were absolutely dreadful in those days. In France at least there was no school of journalism as far as I know ;...
PS: For whatever I had not received Mike's original post, just now I went on the site to read it. Of course I do not include Pierre Chany among the lousy...
... In 1961 or 1962 I had a short job in Colmar in the German-speaking Alsace province of France and my landlord invited me to watch the TV program celebrating...
Hi Mike Funny that you mentioned Colmar and, elsewhere, Hassenforder. A few weeks ago we were touring (not biking) in Alsace and "discovered" Colmar. Really a...
Thanks, Francois, it brings back memories - the Hassenforder restaurant is typical of many buildings in Colmar. But when I was there I found no interest in...
Hi Mike, ... can't ... As discussed on yahoogroups/Eurobike, The Dolomiti Stars race is part of the Gazzette 110 Challenge, together with Sanremo and...
Hi Brian Thanks. I signed up and received acknowledgement so I think it's OK. The database is still showing "nessun atletio trovata" but maybe it takes some...
Hi Mike, ... it's OK. The database is still showing "nessun atletio trovata" but maybe it takes some time to validate/update. same for me too. Don't worry. ...
I've been try to access April's website (http://www.biciveneto.it) and get a message "The file or directory is corrupt and non-readable." Is it off-line for...
Works fine for me, though maybe she was in the midst of updating when you tried... Mike ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kom_/files/Policy%20Documents/ ... ...
I had the same problem - when this was first posted. Could not get to the site even after removing the ) following the URL But today it works fine. NHJim Note:...
Hello, just joined this group, am English and live in Zurich, have climbed most hills in the Alps. Regarding the infamous Monte Zoncolan in northeast Italy,...
Welcome Michael. Yes this is the kind of stuff that we like to hear. Thanks. There are a few in the group who live in northern Italy. Karol ... From:...
Hi Michael, this is really interesting. I climbed Monte Zoncolan from both sides, but had no idea about this road before. It can be found on GoogleEarth, I'll...
Many thanks for the replies. In case you speak German, I wrote a report on this pass, with photographs too. Just paste the following address into the browser...
http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/pcn/default.htm ... Yahoo! Messenger with Voice: chiama da PC a telefono a tariffe esclusive [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi folks, I haven't been away, just "incommunicado" due to the fact that mail sent to my biciveneto address was being bounced by the server that it was being...
Hi April I've signed up for the Dolomiti Stars. Thanks to Brian's advice I've just changed my staus from cyclo-turistica to cyclo-amatore. That was quite...
... Hi Mike "I notice that there are very few if any picture books of the Giro published, and none in English. Thee must be around 50 books on the Tour de...
Hi Richard I'd like to ride the trial on Feb 12th as Orpington is quite near but I've already bought a ticket for the film "Hell on Wheels" for that day so I...
Hello Richard, ... You can consult the the Italian railway site <http://www.trenitalia.com/home/en/index.html> for a precise idea of how long the journey would...
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