Tour de France - Official 100th Race Edition

1907 - Checking to see that all the riders are riding the correct course

1913 - Lambot crosses the Aubisque

1920 - Col d'Allos

1928 - Who knows what danger lurks around the corner?

1936 - Some days are wetter than others

1949 - Brussels - note the jeeps to the left, army surplus utilized by the race organizers

1951 - Keeping cool in the mountains

1952 - La Domenica del Corriere's take on Coppi's ride from Bourg d'Oisans to Sestrère

1953 - Crowds on the Tourmalet

1957+1958 - Anquetil (with Darrigade) and Gaul, cover stars

1958 - A fireman helps the peloton keep cool on another hot day in the saddle

1960 - An artist's impression of Rivière's fall on the descent of the Perjuret (inset, a similar scene from the 1953 race, this time Koblet falling)

1964 - Anquetil + Poulidor shoulder-to-shoulder on the Puy de Dôme

1969 - Pellos's take on Merckx's steamrolling of the opposition in his début Tour

1979 - Hinault after a time trial

1985 - LeMond, Hinault and Kelly have time to reflect before the final jersey presentation ceremony in Paris

1993 - Pierre Charles (Pic) celebrates the Tour's 90th anniversary with a genealogical tree of all the race's winners.

1999 - Carnage on the Causeway as the Passage du Gois makes an early selection on possible contenders for the overall title

2003 - Basque fans turn the Pyrénées orange

2010 - Waiting to get underway

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