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Riding in the Zone Rouge - The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 - Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race (Hardcover)
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Riding in the Zone Rouge - The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 - Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 140
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The true story of the toughest bicycle race ever staged, the
Circuit des Champs de Bataille (the Tour of the Battlefields) The
Circuit des Champs de Bataille (the Tour of the Battlefields) was
held in 1919, less than six months after the end of the First World
War. It covered 2,000 kilometres and was raced in appalling
conditions across the battlefields of the Western Front, otherwise
known as the Zone Rouge. The race was so tough that only 21 riders
finished, and it was never staged again. With one of the most
demanding routes ever to feature in a bicycle race, and plagued by
appalling weather conditions, the Circuit des Champs de Bataille
was beyond gruelling, but today its extraordinary story is largely
forgotten. Many of the riders came to the event straight from the
army and had to ride 18-hour stages through sleet and snow across
the battlefields on which they had fought, and lost friends and
family, only a few months before. But in addition to the hellish
conditions there were moments of high comedy, even farce. The
rediscovered story of the Circuit des Champs de Bataille is an epic
tale of human endurance, suffering and triumph over extreme
adversity.
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