A1. Connie Carpenter won Silver in 1981 (adding to the one she won in 1977), Rebecca Twigg was second in 1983, Janelle Parks took a home silver in 1986, Ruthie Matthes also won silver in 1990 (a year before her mountain bike gold), and finally Inga Thompson followed suit in 1991. Since then, interestingly, it had been a run of bronze medals: Laura Charameda in 1993, Jeanne Golay in 1994, and finally Megan Guarnier in 2015 at home. Seems American women cyclists are long overdue for another gold!
A2. 5th by 7-Eleven rider Ron Kiefel in 1990 behind Italian winner Franco Ballerini.
A3. Another Northwest rider, Tyler Farrar was second at Dwars in 2014, winning the field sprint behind solo winner Nikki Terpstra of the Netherlands.
A4. Roche won six other races. These included the overall and one stage at Vuelta Valenciana in Spain, the final stage at Paris-Nice, and the Tour of Romandie including two stages, the overall, and the points jersey. And the Cannibal? He notched twelve other major victories. He won the Montjuich Hill climb overall including all three stages, the Tour de Suisse (including both points and mountains jerseys) along with three stages, the Trofeo Laigueglia, and three stages at Paris-Nice, but notably no Monuments or Classics. Pogačar won ten other major races. The Giro dell’Emilia, the Gran Prix Montreal, Volta Catalunya including four stages and the points and mountains jersey. He additionally won the classics Strade Bianche, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and Il Lombardia. So, in sheer numbers the Cannibal reigns supreme yet again, but Tadej was close behind and actually won bigger races.
A5. The next eight are not surprisingly all Belgians: Romain Gijssels in 1932, Gaston Rebry in 1934, Raymond Impanis in 1954, Fred De Bruyne in 1957, Rik Van Looy “The Emperor” in 1962, Roger DeVlaeminck “The Gypsy” in 1977, Peter Van Petegem in 2003, and Tom Boonen in 2005 and 2012. The other is Swiss, Fabian Cancellara who won both in 2010 and 2013. [Editors Note: in the print edition, Romain Gijssels was listed for both 1932 and 1934 in error.]
Bonus question: Belgian Rik Van Looy was also in the rainbow stripes the year of his double! Heady company indeed!
Dave Campbell was born and raised in Lander, Wyoming and now resides in Bend, Oregon. A retired High School Science and Health teacher, Dave won four Wyoming state cycling championships before moving to Oregon to attend the U of O in Eugene. While there, Dave was a collegiate All American and went on to win six Oregon State Cycling Championships as well as a Masters National Road Title on the Tandem. He started writing Trivia in 1992 for Oregon Cycling News and continued the column with the Northwest Bicycle Paper. Dave also writes cycling history at “Clips_and_Straps” on Instagram and announces at cycling events throughout Oregon
