Cycling Revealed Timeline

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20th Century Timeline

By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian

CyclingRevealed offers 100 years of bicycle racing against a backdrop of World history. The 20th Century saw the development of bicycle racing throughout the World. This CyclingRevealed Timeline offers a brief description of the historical events that shaped the World and helped define bicycle racing as major sporting event.

1900 to 1909:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Pierre de Coubertin

1900-1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909

1910 to 1919:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Jim Thorpe

1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915-18 | 1919

1920 to 1929:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Johnny Weismuller

1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929

1930 to 1939:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Jesse Owens

1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939

1940 to 1949:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Fausto Coppi

1940-1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949

1950 to 1959:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Juan Manuel Fangio

1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959

1960 to 1969:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Pele

1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969

1970 to 1979:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Eddy Merckx

1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979

1980 to 1989:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Nadia Comaneci

1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

1990 to 1999:
L'Equipe's International Sports Figure of the Decade: Carl Lewis

1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

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