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Climbing Col d’Allos at Tour de France 1914 -Vintage cycling image of the day

Tour de France 1914 started on the same day, 28th June, as the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg  were assassinated in Sarajevo. When the riders lined up in the middle of the nigh for the start of the first stage in Paris, they knew nothing about that this day would determinate the life of millions worldwide. They did not know either, that on 28th July, just two days after they finished the Tour de France, the Great War would break out and some of the cyclists would lose their life during the fights, including François Faber, who is among the three riders depicted on this image. The Alps were… Read More »Climbing Col d’Allos at Tour de France 1914 -Vintage cycling image of the day

Ferdinand Moulet and Georges Cuvelier on the Col d'Allos at Tour de France 1927

Col d’Allos at Tour de France

Col d’Allos was part of the program of Tour de France since the race visited the Alps for the very first time in 1911. Especially during the 1920s and the 1930s was very popular. In the second half of the 20th century it was used muvh more rarely. 1911: François Faber 1912:  Octave Lapize 1913:  Lucien Petit-Breton 1914: Firmin Lambot and Henri Pélissier 1919: Honoré Barthélémy 1920: Firmin Lambot 1921: Hector Heusghem and Honoré Barthélémy 1922: Jean Alavoine 1923:  Henri Pélissier 1924: Nicolas Frantz 1925: Auguste Verdyck 1926: Lucien Buysse 1927: Nicolas Frantz1 928: Nicolas Frantz 1929: Joseph Demuysere 1930: Benoit Faure 1931: Joseph Demuysere 1932: Benoit Faure 1933:  Fernand Fayolle 1934:  René Vietto 1935:… Read More »Col d’Allos at Tour de France