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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1971 |
Milan-San Remo |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
288 km |
| April 4, 1971 |
Tour of Flanders |
Evert Dolman (Hol) |
268 km |
| April 18, 1971 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Roger Rosier (Bel) |
266 km |
| April 25, 1971 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
251 km |
| April 29-May 16, 1971 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Ferdinand Bracke (Bel) |
17 Stages,
2,793 km |
| May 20-June 10 1971 |
Giro d'Italia |
Gosta Petersson (Swe) |
20 Stages
3,567 km |
| June 26-July 18, 1971 |
Tour de France |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
20 Stages
3,580 km |
| September 5, 1971 |
World
Championships |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Mendrisio, Suisse 268.8 km |
October 9, 1971 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Milan-Como,
266 km |
• TV - January 2, 1971 , the USA bans TV advertising of cigarettes.
• Switzerland - February 1971 , the men of Switzerland vote to give the women of Switzerland the right to vote.
• My Lai Massacre - Lt. William Calley is found guilty of murdering 22 Vietnam citizens and sentenced to life in prison. He is later pardoned.
• USA - October 1, 1971 marked the Grand Opening of Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• The Beatles - the enormously popular British rock group breaks up to pursue other musical opportunities.
Notable Deaths - Nikita Khrushchev , 1894-1971 , assumed leadership of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin in 1953. He was deposed in 1964 after the Cuban Missile Crisis .
* Tour de France Champion: Philippe Thys, 1890-1971, the first 3-time Tour de France champion (1913, 1914, and 1920).
* World Road Race Champion: Jean-Pierre Monsere, 1948-1971, the World Champion in 1970.
He fell when hit by a car during the GP Retie and died.
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