I-Tour de France, isiqongo samabhayisikili ochwepheshe, ibone ukwanda kwabasubathi abaningi abavelele emlandweni wayo odumile weminyaka engu-120, okuwumdlalo wayo. umgubho wokugubha usuku lwayizolo nanamuhla. Phakathi kwalezi zinganekwane zokugibela amabhayisikili, abambalwa abakhethiwe bathole umsebenzi omangalisayo wokunqoba umjaho ohlonishwayo hhayi nje kanye, kabili, noma kathathu, kodwa izikhathi ezinhlanu ezimangalisayo.
Kulesi sihloko, sibungaza amalungu ale kilabhu ekhethekile, sihlola izimpumelelo zabo ezimangalisayo nomthelela ongenakucimeka kwezemidlalo. Hlanganyela nathi njengoba singena emhlabeni wobungcweti bamabhayisikili futhi sihlonipha abashayeli bamabhayisikili abavelele abanqobe i-Tour de France izikhathi ezinhlanu.
Jacques Anquetil: The Trailblazer
U-Jacques Anquetil, isithonjana somdlalo wamabhayisikili waseFrance, wabhala igama laso ezincwadini zomlando wamabhayisikili ngokuba umshayeli webhayisikili wokuqala ukuvikela ukunqoba kwe-Tour de France okuhlanu. Ngokuwina ngo-1957 kanye nokuwina okune kulandelana kusukela ngo-1961 kuya ku-1964, isitayela sokugibela sika-Anquetil esihle kanye nokuphishekela impumelelo okungapheli kwaheha abalandeli emhlabeni jikelele. Ukukhalipha kwakhe kwamaqhinga kanye nekhono lakhe lokuphumelela kuzo zombili izivivinyo zesikhathi nezigaba zasentabeni kwaqinisa isimo sakhe njengomqaphi weqiniso wezemidlalo.
U-Eddy Merckx: I-Cannibal
U-Eddy Merckx, owaziwa ngokuthi “I-Cannibal,” uthathwa kabanzi njengomgibeli wamabhayisikili omkhulu kunabo bonke abake baba khona. Ukubusa kukaMerckx kweTour de France ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1970 akunakuqhathaniswa. Ngokunqoba kwakhe okuyisihlanu kusukela ngo-1969 kuya ku-1974, uMerckx wabonisa ukuguquguquka okungenakuqhathaniswa nokuzimisela kwakhe okungenakuqhathaniswa. Ukulambela impumelelo yaseBelgian, isitayela esinolaka, namakhono amangalisayo nxazonke kuqinise indawo yakhe emlandweni wamabhayisikili.
Bernard Hinault: The Badger
UBernard Hinault, oteketiswa ngegama elithi “The Badger,” ulethe ukuncintisana kwakhe okuqinile nokuzimisela okungantengantengi ku-Tour de France. U-Hinault wathi unqobile ngo-1978 wabe esethola amawini amane elandelana ngendlela emangalisayo kusukela ngo-1979 kuya ku-1982. Waziwa ngokuhlasela kwakhe okunonya nokuphishekela ukunqoba, ubuhlakani beqhinga lika-Hinault kanye nesitayela sokugibela esiqinile samenza waba namandla okubhekwana nawo. Ukubusa nokushuba kwakhe emgwaqeni kushiye uphawu olungasuki emjahweni.
U-Miguel Idurain: Uchwepheshe Wesivivinyo Sesikhathi
U-Miguel Indurain, inganekwane yomdlalo wamabhayisikili waseSpain, ubonise amakhono akhe angenakuqhathaniswa okuzama isikhathi phakathi nokubusa kwakhe ku-Tour de France. I-Indurain yafuna ukunqoba kwayo kokuqala ngo-1991 futhi yaqhubeka nokubusa kwayo ngokuwina okune kulandelana kusukela ngo-1991 kuya ku-1995. Eyaziwa ngokukhuthazela kwayo okukhethekile nokungaguquguquki okuphawulekayo, ikhono le-Indurain lokuhamba phambili ezivivinyweni zesikhathi eside kanye nezigaba eziphakeme zezintaba kuqinisa isimo sakhe njengenye yezinselele. ompetha abakhulu bomjaho.
Isiphetho
Umlando onothile we-Tour de France uhlanganiswe yizimpumelelo ezimangalisayo zalaba bagibeli bamabhayisikili abane abaphumelele ukunqoba izikhathi ezinhlanu. U-Jacques Anquetil, u-Eddy Merckx, u-Bernard Hinault, no-Miguel Indurain bakhuphule ezemidlalo ezingeni eliphezulu, bephusha imingcele yokusebenza komuntu kanye nezizukulwane ezikhuthazayo zabagibeli bamabhayisikili. Umoya wabo ongenakunqotshwa, amakhono amangalisayo, nokuzinikela okungantengantengi kushiye ifa elingenakucimeka ku-Tour de France kanye nomhlaba wamabhayisikili uwonke.
Njengoba sigubha i-Tour de France minyaka yonke, masikhumbule izinto ezimangalisayo ezifezwe yilab’ ompetha abayizikhathi ezinhlanu futhi sihloniphe ubukhulu babo obungapheli. Amagama abo azoqoshwa kuze kube phakade eqoqweni lezinganekwane zamabhayisikili, ezisebenza njengesikhuthazo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo zabagibeli bamabhayisikili abafuna ukugqama kulo mjaho ohlonishwayo.
