“The ideal Tour would be a Tour in which only one rider survives the ordeal.”
Henri Desgrange (father of the TdF)

  July 2006
   
 

 

By Graham Jones
CyclingRevealed Historian

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CyclingRevealed's First Impressions '06

**Tour de France Question Stage 15**

From the nicknames identify the following riders:

Answer:

Level 1 (Easy)

“Maitre Jacques” - Jacques Anquetil

“IL Diablo” - Claudio Chiappucci

“Super Mario” - Mario Cipollini

“Big Mig” - Miguel Inderain

“Le Cannibal” - Eddy Merckx

Level 2 (Medium)

“Le Professeur” - Laurent Fignon

“JaJa” - Laurent Jalabert

“Bepe” - Giuseppe Sarroni

“Rik 1” - Rik van Steenbergen

“Rik 2” - Rik van Looy

Level 3 (Hard)

“The Eagle of Toledo” - Federico Bahamontes

“IL Campionissimo” - Fausto Coppi

“Mr. Paris Roubaix” - Roger de Vlaeminck

“The Angel of the Mountains” - Charlie Gaul

“EL Martillo” - Tony Rominger

 

 
         
   

 


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