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Georges Speicher at Paris-Roubaix 1935

Although  Paris-Roubaix in 1936 was more important in the career of  Tour de France winner (1933) cyclist Georges Speicher, one of the most popular funny vintage cycling images from the good old days of road cycling was taken one year earlier.

Young girls watching French cyclist Georges Speicher repairing his bike during Paris-Roubaix 1935

Georges Speicher (1907-1978) was a French rider, the first cyclist who won Tour de France and the UCI World Championship in the same year (1933).


This image of him reparing his bike while three spectators, possibly a father and his two daughters standing next to him is a classic exemplare for those pictures evoking some kind of false nostalgia I wrote about in the blogpost Past was a better place (?). Please read that article too.

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