{"id":28507,"date":"2021-07-19T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=28507"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:18:15","slug":"from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/our-legacy\/from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archive: PUMA&#8217;s rich sports history in road cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/our-legacy\/\">Notre h\u00e9ritage<\/a>\/\n        Archives : La riche histoire sportive de PUMA dans le cyclisme sur route\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-42.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"\">Notre h\u00e9ritage<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Four-legacy%2Ffrom-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Four-legacy%2Ffrom-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/our-legacy\/from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Four-legacy%2Ffrom-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >La riche histoire sportive de PUMA dans le cyclisme sur route<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >\u201cForever Faster\u201d sur un v\u00e9lo<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">19 juillet 2021 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;From the Archive: PUMA&#x27;s rich sports history in road cycling&quot;, \"text\": &quot;Did you know about PUMA\\u2019s rich history in cycling? 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Let\\u2019s look back to some of the greatest achievements of road cycling heroes such as Greg LeMond and, Freddy Maertens.&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/our-legacy\/from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/our-legacy\/from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/our-legacy\/from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Four-legacy%2Ffrom-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Four-legacy%2Ffrom-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Le Tour de France 2021 s'est achev\u00e9 dimanche dernier sur les Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es \u00e0 Paris. Connaissiez-vous la riche histoire de PUMA dans le cyclisme ? Dans les ann\u00e9es 70 et 80, PUMA vendait des chaussures et des v\u00eatements de cyclisme. Prenons un vrai moment r\u00e9tro et regardons en arri\u00e8re avec l'aide des archives PUMA pour mettre en lumi\u00e8re quelques-uns des plus grands exploits des h\u00e9ros du cyclisme sur route tels que : Greg LeMond, Freddy Maertens, Klaus-Peter Thaler, Dietrich Thurau et Reimund Dietzen.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><p>Pour Rudolf Dassler, les chaussures de cyclisme font partie int\u00e9grante de chaque collection depuis 1950. En tant qu'athl\u00e8te complet, il y attachait une grande importance.<\/p><strong><br><br>Helmut Fischer, fondateur des archives PUMA et connu sous le nom de Mr.<\/strong><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Greg LeMond<\/span><br><br>Triple vainqueur du Tour de France (1986, 1989 et 1990), Greg LeMond est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 par beaucoup comme l'un des plus grands cyclistes de tous les temps. En 1986, PUMA a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re chaussure de cyclisme PUMA dot\u00e9e d'une p\u00e9dale \u00e0 d\u00e9gagement rapide, dont Greg a b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9.<br><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.797619047619  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Greg-Lemond.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.797619047619  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Greg-Lemond-gallery.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0  ; background-image: url(''); background-size: cover;background-position: 0% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Freddy Maertens<\/span><br><br>Freddy Maertens a remport\u00e9 plus de 150 courses au cours de sa carri\u00e8re. Son palmar\u00e8s au Tour de France est remarquable : trois maillots verts et 15 victoires d'\u00e9tape en seulement trois participations.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Freddy-Maertens-Gallery.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Klaus-Peter Thaler<\/span><br><br>Klaus-Peter Thaler a \u00e9t\u00e9 un cycliste professionnel entre 1976 et 1988. Il a remport\u00e9 des succ\u00e8s en course sur route et en cyclo-cross. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 champion du monde de cyclo-cross deux fois en tant qu'amateur et deux fois en tant que professionnel, et huit fois champion d'Allemagne. Lors du Tour de France 1978, Klaus-Peter Thaler a men\u00e9 la course pendant deux jours, apr\u00e8s que son \u00e9quipe a remport\u00e9 le contre-la-montre par \u00e9quipes.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gallery-Klaus-Peter-Thaler.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Reimund Dietzen<\/span><br><br>Reimund Dietzen a \u00e9t\u00e9 coureur professionnel de 1982 \u00e0 1990. Il a connu le succ\u00e8s en tant qu'amateur en remportant le championnat allemand de cyclo-cross en 1980 et 1981, ainsi que des victoires dans des courses sur route.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Reimund-Dietzen-gallery.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image slider -->\n\n<div class=\"row rowSlider1 spacing\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrowCircleCenter arrowBorder swiperoutside-button-prev swipeprev6d62f552-3795-4cef-a57b-cd133c94133c\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"swipe_6d62f552-3795-4cef-a57b-cd133c94133c\" class=\"swiper myswiper scrollAnim\" data-ssize=\"1\" data-id=\"6d62f552-3795-4cef-a57b-cd133c94133c\">\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69230769230769 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gallery-bike.jpg);background-position: 50% 0%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69230769230769 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tour-de-France-sidebar.jpg);background-position: 50% 0%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69230769230769 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Greg-Lemond-sidebar.jpg);background-position: 50% 0%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arrowCircleCenter arrowBorder swiperoutside-button-next swipenext6d62f552-3795-4cef-a57b-cd133c94133c\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connaissiez-vous la riche histoire de PUMA dans le domaine du cyclisme ? Dans les ann\u00e9es 70 et 80, PUMA vendait des chaussures et des v\u00eatements de cyclisme. Revenons sur les plus grands exploits des h\u00e9ros du cyclisme sur route tels que Greg LeMond et Freddy Maertens.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":722,"meta-headline":"PUMA&#039;s rich sports history in road cycling","footnotes":""},"categories":[1091],"class_list":["post-28507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-legacy"],"fullData":{"ID":28507,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2021-07-19 13:05:44","post_date_gmt":"2021-07-19 11:05:44","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":28545,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-42.jpg\"},\"headline\":\"PUMA\\u0026#039;s rich sports history in road cycling\",\"content\":\"\\u0026quot;Forever Faster\\u0026quot; on a bike\",\"className\":\"\",\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;span class=\\u0026quot;textStyle_intro\\u0026quot;\\u0026gt;The 2021 Tour de France finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris last Sunday. 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Let\u2019s look back to some of the greatest achievements of road cycling heroes such as Greg LeMond and, Freddy Maertens.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-03-24 13:18:15","post_modified_gmt":"2026-03-24 12:18:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=28507","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","ancestors":[],"page_template":"","post_category":[1091],"tags_input":[],"id":28507,"author":"4","date":"2021-07-19 13:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-19 11:05:44","content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":28545,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-42.jpg\"},\"headline\":\"PUMA\\u0026#039;s rich sports history in road cycling\",\"content\":\"\\u0026quot;Forever Faster\\u0026quot; on a bike\",\"className\":\"\",\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;span class=\\u0026quot;textStyle_intro\\u0026quot;\\u0026gt;The 2021 Tour de France finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris last Sunday. Did you know about PUMA\\u0026rsquo;s rich history in cycling? Back in the 70s and 80s, PUMA sold cycling shoes and apparel. Let\\u0026rsquo;s have a real retro moment and look back with the help of the PUMA Archive to highlight some of the greatest achievements of road cycling heroes such as: Greg LeMond, Freddy Maertens, Klaus-Peter Thaler, Dietrich Thurau, and Reimund Dietzen.\\u0026lt;\/span\\u0026gt;\\n\",\"style\":\"2b\",\"className\":\"\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"firstletter\":\"\",\"gradient\":\"none\",\"spacing\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;p\\u0026gt;With Rudolf Dassler, cycling shoes were an integral part of every collection since 1950. As an all-round athlete, he attached great importance to this.\\u0026lt;\/p\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;Helmut Fischer, Founder of the PUMA Archive and known as Mr. PUMA\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\",\"style\":\"quote\",\"className\":\"\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"firstletter\":\"\",\"gradient\":\"none\",\"spacing\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;span class=\\u0026quot;textStyle_intro\\u0026quot;\\u0026gt;Greg LeMond\\u0026lt;\/span\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;The three-time winner of the Tour de France (1986, 1989, and 1990), Greg LeMond is considered by many to be one of the greatest cyclist of all time.\\u0026nbsp;In 1986 PUMA presented the first PUMA cycling shoe with a quick-release pedal which Greg benefited from.\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\",\"style\":\"2b\",\"className\":\"\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"firstletter\":\"\",\"gradient\":\"none\",\"spacing\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-image-multi {\"images\":[{\"id\":28592},{\"id\":28509},{\"id\":\"placeholder\"}],\"showCaptions\":[false,false],\"className\":\"\",\"style\":\"2\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"headlines\":[],\"captions\":[],\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;span class=\\u0026quot;textStyle_intro\\u0026quot;\\u0026gt;Freddy Maertens\\u0026lt;\/span\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;Freddy Maertens won more than 150 races in his career.\\u0026nbsp;His Tour de France record stands at a remarkable three green jerseys and 15 stage wins in just three appearances.\",\"style\":\"2b\",\"className\":\"\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"firstletter\":\"\",\"gradient\":\"none\",\"spacing\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-image-single {\"image\":{\"id\":28531,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Freddy-Maertens-Gallery.jpg\"},\"className\":\"\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"spacing\":true,\"style\":\"Wide\",\"headline\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"showCaption\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;span class=\\u0026quot;textStyle_intro\\u0026quot;\\u0026gt;Klaus-Peter Thaler\\u0026lt;\/span\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;Klaus-Peter Thaler was a professional cyclist between 1976 and 1988, successful in road-racing and cyclo-cross. 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Dans les ann\u00e9es 70 et 80, PUMA vendait des chaussures et des v\u00eatements de cyclisme. Revenons sur les plus grands exploits des h\u00e9ros du cyclisme sur route tels que Greg LeMond et Freddy Maertens.","status":"publish","password":"","name":"from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling","modified":"2026-03-24 13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24 12:18:15","content_filtered":"","parent":0,"type":"post","mime_type":"","template":"","category":[1091],"datetime_local":"19 juillet 2021 \u00e0 11:05","date_local":"19 juillet 2021","time_local":"11:05","slug":"from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/our-legacy\/from-the-archive-pumas-rich-sports-history-in-road-cycling\/","featured_image":{"width":1140,"height":640,"file":"2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-42.jpg","filesize":104146,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"MicrosoftTeams-image-42-300x168.jpg","width":300,"height":168,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":13011},"large":{"file":"MicrosoftTeams-image-42-1024x575.jpg","width":1024,"height":575,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":95057},"thumbnail":{"file":"MicrosoftTeams-image-42-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":6788},"medium_large":{"file":"MicrosoftTeams-image-42-768x431.jpg","width":768,"height":431,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":60298},"trp-custom-language-flag":{"file":"MicrosoftTeams-image-42-18x10.jpg","width":18,"height":10,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":433}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"id":28545,"alt":"","caption":"","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-42.jpg","title":"MicrosoftTeams-image (42)","aspect_ratio":1.78125,"focalPointLeft":0.5,"focalPointTop":0},"headline":"PUMA's rich sports history in road cycling","categories":[{"term_id":1091,"name":"Notre h\u00e9ritage","slug":"our-legacy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1091,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":16,"filter":"raw","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/our-legacy\/"}],"theCategory":{"term_id":1091,"name":"Notre h\u00e9ritage","slug":"our-legacy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1091,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":16,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1091,"category_count":16,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Our Legacy","category_nicename":"our-legacy","category_parent":0},"isFeaturedArticle":true,"isTopArticle":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}