Retro tech: Brian Robinson's Tour de France stage winning bike

Cycle Sport had a look at Brian Robinson’s Raphaël Géminiani bike, the one on which he won his second Tour de France stage in 1959

Brian Robinson's Tour de France stage winning Raphaël Géminiani

Brian Robinson's Tour de France stage winning Raphaël Géminiani

In 1959 British cyclist Brian Robinson took his second stage win in the Tour de France, and he did it on a bike like this. It wasn’t this exact bike, but this bike is one of Robinson’s, and it’s been lovingly restored so it’s almost exactly like the one he rode in 1959. The restoration means it looks as fresh as it did in 1959, too.

With a gap of 20 minutes and six seconds over the second-placed rider, Robinson’s 1959 stage win between Annecy and Chalon-sur-Saône is the fourth biggest victory margin in a Tour de France stage. It was also his second Tour stage win, having taken his first the year before.

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