Introducing Col du Tourmalet to Tour de France

Climbing Col du Tourmalet for the very first time at Tour de France 1910.

It was a great moment and yet one of the weirdest situations in the history of Tour de France, when and, it seems to be more important,  how the organisers decided to put Col du Tourmalet in the program. Crossed Tourmalet stop. Very good road stop. Perfectly passable. -stood in the telegram Alphonse Steinès sent … Read more