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The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France.Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more.
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the most well-known and prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
The Société du Tour de France and the Motorola team placed a memorial near where he crashed, situated at co-ordinates (42.940, 0 The memorial is a sundial arranged such that the sun's shadow highlights three dates — his birth and death and 2 August, the day he won his Olympic gold medal .
Henri Pauli Toivonen (25 August 1956 – 2 May 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland.His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer.
1st Tour d'Europe 1959 1st Mont Faron, 1st GP Alger (with Gérard Saint and Raphaël Géminiani) 2nd Grand Prix des Nations 3rd Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 4th Overall Tour de France 1st Stages 6 & 21 (ITT) 6th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1a , 13 (TTT), 14 (ITT) & 16 1960 1st GP Alger (with Rudi Altig) Tour de France:
Even though The Grand Prix du Tour de France was organized by Jacques Goddet, he made it clear that it was not an official Tour de France. [8] The Grand Prix du Tour de France 1943 consisted of the following races: [20] Paris–Roubaix; GP de Provence; Paris–Dijon; Paris–Reims; Paris–Tours; Course dans Paris; GP d'Auvergne; GP des Alpes ...
The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 25 June and 16 July, with 21 stages covering a distance of 4,397 km (2,732 mi). It took place between 25 June and 16 July, with 21 stages covering a distance of 4,397 km (2,732 mi).
The 1986 Tour de France was a cycling race held in France, from 4 July to 27 July. It was the 73rd running of the Tour de France . Greg LeMond of La Vie Claire won the race, ahead of his teammate Bernard Hinault .