Tour de France 1903

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1903 was the first tour de france and there was an amazing amount of cheating - riders taking trains instead of cycling, spectators throwing nails under competitors tyres etc - and in the first year of the tour there were no mechanics, if your bike broke down you had to mend it yourself, even if it ment carrying it miles to find a blacksmiths...

...no wonder that guy in the middle looks so happy to have finished. can't say the same for the guy next to him though.

Winners of the 1903 Tour de France


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  1. DaveE makes this comment

    Saturday, 13 February 2010

    Bloke smiling is Maurice Garin, winner of the 1903 Tour de France.

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