TDF Trivia quiz

[pastronef]

correct answer

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Which rider won the first 2 Occasions that stages of the Tour de France finished at La Plagne

 

[Netserk]

Fignon.
10char

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Fignon.
10char

correct answer

 

[Netserk]

Who was the last world champion to wear the yellow jersey in his home country?

 

[kingjr]

Has to be Tom Boonen

But he didn't win a stage that year, had the speed but somehow someone always managed to sneak past.

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Who was the last world champion to wear the yellow jersey in his home country?

boonen in 2006?

 

[Netserk]

Has to be Tom Boonen

He is the 42 of this thread/my questions...

 

[kingjr]

He is the 42 of this thread/my questions...

True
When was the last time a stage winner and the guy on 2nd place had the same first name?

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

True
When was the last time a stage winner and the guy on 2nd place had the same first name?

Was it Cav and Renshaw on the champs elysees.

 

[kingjr]

Was it Cav and Renshaw on the champs elysees.

Yeah should be correct. I actually had Dekker and Zabel in mind and simply forgot about this one.

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Who was the last rider to win a bunch sprint while wearing the King of the Mountains jersey?

 

[kingjr]

Should be Marcel Wüst. The win that made him famous in Germany. Zabel was mighty p.issed after that stage. But now I'm really too tired to come up with a question.

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Should be Marcel Wüst. The win that made him famous in Germany. Zabel was mighty p.issed after that stage. But now I'm really too tired to come up with a question.

Yep it was wust backin in 2000

 

[Ruby United]

When was the last time 3 different people WORE (not necessarily were winning) the green jersey on the first three days of the Tour?

 

[rghysens]

When was the last time 3 different people WORE (not necessarily were winning) the green jersey on the first three days of the Tour?

2007?
10chars.

 

[Ruby United]

2007?
10chars.

Yup. Correct.

 

[rghysens]

What was the shortest (non-TT) stage ever in the tour? And who won it?

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

Yup. Correct.

Didn't it also happen in 2011 with Evans, Glbert and Rojas?

 

[Roderick]

What was the shortest (non-TT) stage ever in the tour? And who won it?

The stage in 87 won by Herman Frison was pretty short

 

[roundabout]

Bjarne?

Or were there even shorter stages back when they did 3 stages a day?

 

[kingjr]

Adrie van der Poel in 1988?

 

[roundabout]

I see that I am wrong. Pretty amazing stage length too.

 

[scholar]

José-manuel Fuente won the 19.6km fifteenth stage of the 1971 Tour (in 47:42). I don't know if that's the shortest ever.

 

[Ruby United]

José-manuel Fuente won the 19.6km fifteenth stage of the 1971 Tour (in 47:42). I don't know if that's the shortest ever.

I got 28k in 1972, but yours is better.