Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme lays down a bunch of flowers on a stela built in memory of Italian cyclist Fabio Casartelli in the Portet d’Aspet pass near Luchon, south of France, prior to the start of the 168,5 km and fourteenth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Saint-Gaudens and Plateau de Beille, southern France on July 16, 2011. Casartelli died in 1995 after crashing in the Portet d’Aspet pass. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE (via Tour De France Director Christian Prudhomme Lays Down A Bunch Of Flowers On A Stela Built In Memory Of Italian Cyclist - Yahoo! Sports Photos)
And that was when helmets became obligatory.