1. Completed on March 31, 1889, the tower was the world's tallest man-made structure for 41 years until the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930. 2. As well as being 330 metres
Meet the fun-fueled ultramarathon star defying science. The 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins said he had no sympathy for the fan involved, who may not have meant to cause such a crash. Eiffel approved the final design in 1884. 4. The project required a lot of metal (and elbow grease). Three hundred steel workers spent two years, two months, and five days, from 1887 to 1889
Everyone knows the Tour de France, the grueling 2,162-mile slog that's known as the world's toughest cycle race. That would be news to the Russians. To complete the Trans-Siberian Extreme, riders have to traverse the biggest country in the world — one-eighth of the world's land mass is on Russian soil — in 25 days. The course runs 9,103
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The Lombardian capital has one of the oldest and best-designed tram systems in Europe. The first trams in the city were introduced in 1881 and were horse-driven. Nowadays, Milan boasts 17 urban and one intercity line. The total length of the tracks is approximately 113 mi (181.8 km).
The 12th Tour de France started on the very same day (28th June), when Austrian-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo. 11 former or future Tour de France winners participated the race: Philippe Thys,Louis Trousselier, Lucien Petit-Breton, Octave Lapize, François Faber, Odile Defraye, Gustave Garrigou, Philippe Thys, Firmin Lambot, Léon Scieur, …
The Design of the Eiffel Tower. The plan to build a tower 300 metres high was conceived as part of preparations for the World's Fair of 1889. Bolting the joint of two crossbowmen. (c): Collection Tour Eiffel. The wager was to " study the possibility of erecting an iron tower on the Champ-de-Mars with a square base, 125 metres across and 300
The Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty are connected. 5. Eiffel had an apartment at the top of the Tower. 6. The Eiffel Tower has changed color – and it will again. 7. The Tower was involved in a World War I battle. 8. There’s writing on the Eiffel Tower.
1996 - Drops out of the Tour de France after being diagnosed with bronchitis; finishes 12th in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and signs with France’s Team Cofidis. October 2, 1996 - Is
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