Comparing the first five-time Tour de France winner Jacques Anquetil to the latest five-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, we examine the similarities, differences and principal adversaries to project ...

This era featured a winner from Luzembourg, Charly Gaul, who later became a hermit and refused all contact with the outside world. But the real story was yet to come, and proved that the French can ...

Jacques Anquetil was a man who didn't hesitate to do or take what he wanted - whether it was a... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Pursuit, the cycling imprint of Profile Books, is to publish a book on "controversial cycling superstar" and five time winner of the Tour de France, Jacques Anquetil. Written by French writer Paul ...

Jacques Anquetil (8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the ...

Latest stage results and full classification standings after stage 10 Beginners' guide: What are the rules, what do the jerseys mean? Remaining riders after 10 Tour de France stages completed How to ...

EXTRACT TOUR DE FRANCE 1903 - 2004 Weidenfeld & Nicolson BY 1963, Jacques Anquetil's dominance of the Tour de France had begun to concern the organisers. To make his task rather more difficult they ...

Frenchman Jacques Anquetil won an unprecedented five Tours between 1957 and 1964. His great rival Raymond Poulidor was nicknamed 'the eternal second' as he never beat Anquetil. But despite his success ...

As it happened: top GC contenders finish together as victory goes to the break on stage 7 of the Vuelta a España As it happened: GC men denied stage win on final Alpine summit finish at stage 19 of ...

Roadside St.5: After a hectic week on the Tour it was high time we had a jour touristique so we took the opportunity to explore a region of France we’ve never properly experienced before. In the ...