Today in Cycling History
Sub-Topics: BMX - Cyclists - Tour de France
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 73 of 73
1817-07-12 - Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
1818-02-17 - Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
1819-05-21 - 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
1866-11-20 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1868-05-31 - Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris
1868-12-05 - 1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
1869-11-17 - Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)
1877-12-22 - "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass)
1878-02-11 - 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1880-05-31 - League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI
1887-01-04 - Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1888-10-31 - John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire
1889-12-24 - Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake
1891-10-18 - 1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins
1893-05-11 - Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1893-07-01 - SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
1895-09-24 - 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)
1896-01-06 - 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1896-05-26 - 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
1899-02-12 - 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC
1899-10-10 - IR Johnson patents bicycle frame
1902-11-20 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
1903-01-19 - New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1903-07-01 - 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1909-03-21 - Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
1914-06-01 - Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1914-06-18 - Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1926-04-13 - Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
1928-10-01 - Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1933-08-26 - Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
1936-06-18 - 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
1937-09-04 - Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)
1937-09-29 - Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)
1937-11-03 - Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)
1941-05-19 - Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
1942-07-19 - German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam & Hague
1955-08-19 - US raises import duty on bicycles 50%
1967-10-30 - Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
1969-08-23 - Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno
1969-08-23 - France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
1970-02-28 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1974-02-25 - Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1974-09-10 - Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs
1975-08-27 - Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
1976-10-06 - John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
1979-05-02 - -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride, cycling 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1979-05-06 - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
1980-10-27 - Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
1983-02-20 - Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1983-06-08 - Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1983-06-16 - Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
1983-09-04 - Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
1984-01-19 - Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
1984-01-23 - Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
1985-10-04 - Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1986-05-12 - Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
1986-08-07 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
1987-06-13 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
1988-04-22 - Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
1988-06-10 - Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
1988-06-16 - In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
1988-06-19 - 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
1989-05-14 - 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
1991-07-28 - Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race
1993-07-17 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km
1993-07-18 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1993-07-23 - Chris Boardman bicycles world record 1 hour distance (52,270 km)
1994-03-23 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
1994-04-19 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994-04-27 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
1994-09-02 - Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km)
1994-10-22 - Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km)
1994-11-05 - Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km)
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 17 of 17
1837-05-09 - Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1873-10-19 - Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling & speed skating
1901-08-26 - Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)
1902-07-20 - Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle Thiefs)
1906-03-04 - Georges Ronsse, Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road bicycle racer (d. 1969)
1920-04-09 - Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
1922-12-16 - Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist
1934-01-08 - Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner)
1937-05-12 - Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
1957-09-05 - Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete
1972-08-08 - Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
1975-03-10 - Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional bicycle racer
1975-05-14 - Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
1975-06-22 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1979-06-22 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1983-05-22 - John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer
1984-08-31 - Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 4 of 4
1891-08-29 - Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
1983-02-01 - Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
1994-02-11 - Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1996-06-18 - Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
