Tour de France 2026 Stage 2
5 July 2026
Tarragona – Barcelona
182 km
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On of the most recent topics related to road cycling history I'm getting more and more interested in are the milestones in changing lifestyle during the (first) Industrial Revolution.
Because before modern sport was born, modern society had to be born.
So it is't realy far fetched from the original topic of this blog (Tour de France) to menrion that on the 5th of July in 1841 a Baptist preacher, Thomas Cook (yes, the man founded that travel company) organized the first package excursion between Leicester and Loughborough.
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Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion from Leicester to Loughborough (1841)
On 5 July 1841, in a town shaped by factories, reform, and railway lines, modern tourism was born.