Tour de France in the 1920’s

The oldest Tour de France winner ever, Firmin Lambot was born in Florennes (Belgium) in 1886. Like many of his contemporaries, Lambot used his bicycle to ride to work since his age of 17. When he won his first bike race, he bought a racing bicycle from the prize.He turned professional in 1908 and attended the Tour de France several times already before World War I broke out.  He also won a few stages of the race. The first Tour de France after the war was held in 1919, Eugene Christophe was the dominant rider, but he had bad luck (the fork of his bicycle has broken on the 13th stage, he lost more than… Read More »Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Firmin Lambot