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Cycling in the Great War (Paperback)
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Cycling in the Great War (Paperback)
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On 28 June 1914, there were two almost simultaneous shots. In
Paris, the twelfth Tour de France was about to start, while in
Sarajevo the Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand was
assassinated. Professional cycle racing came to a halt, but the
first cycling heroes continued to race. The Belgian cycling author
Patrick Cornillie takes us through the wartime editions of the Tour
of Flanders, which were ridden on a velodrome just north of Ghent.
With humour, the book tells the stories of a champion who was a
spy, a one-legged Italian cyclist, some famous British and German
idols, and the perilous bike adventures of a well-known Belgian
author. With sadness, we learn about the fate of a French winner of
the Tour, killed in battle, the brave Black Devils, and the many
cyclist-soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and Canada who died at
the front. Cycling in the Great War is a collection of moving
tales, beautifully told and beautifully illustrated with original
historical pictures.
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