Tour de France 1914

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

by PelotonTales
6 February 20246 February 2024

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

Cyclists crossing a town during the Tour de France in 1914

28 June 1914 – Last Tour de France before World War I started

by PelotonTales
28 June 2023

On the 28th of June 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated. A month later the First World War broke out. When… Read More »28 June 1914 – Last Tour de France before World War I started