Rare images taking you through 100 years of the Tour de France

  [caption id=“attachment_914003” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy chases Lucien Buysse of Belgium through St Cloud during the final stage of the 1925 Tour de France. Bottecchia went on to win . Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914009” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Spectators in bleachers watch as cyclists arrive at the Parc des Prince during the Tour de France bicycle race, France, July 23, 1933. French cyclist Georges Speicher won the race. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914013” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Italian racing cyclist Gino Bartali (1914 - 2000) at the Parc des Princes, Paris, after winning the Tour de France for the second time, 25th July 1948. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914023” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Tour de France winner, Louison Bobet (1925 - 1983) with a floral trophy. The first man to win three consecutive Tour de France between 1953 and 1955. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914025” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Tom Simpson (19371967), Britiish road racing cyclist, on his bike during the 12th stage of the Tour de France, the day before his death from exhaustion on the slopes of Mont Ventoux, France, 12 July - 1967. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914027” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx on his way to winning the final stage of the Tour de France which led to his overall victory for the second successive year. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914029” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Joop Zoetemelk the Dutch cycling champion and winner of the 1980 ‘Tour de France’, celebrating his victory. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914033” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A general view of the peloton riding through the Sunflower fields on 9th July 1994 during stage seven of the Tour de France. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914035” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The peloton crosses the Lac de Serre-Poncon during stage nine of the Tour de France from Bourg d’Oisans to Gap on July 14, 2003. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_914045” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Fireworks at Leeds Town Hall after the announce the Grand Depart of the Tour de France on January 17, 2013 in Leeds, England. Getty Images[/caption]