[CR]Pic of the Day 26th January

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From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:12:37 -0500
Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day 26th January

Pic of the Day 26th January Pile-Up, parts one and two

(Remember this pic of riders piling-up during the 1939 TdF?)

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/Marseille39pt1?full=1

"Major pile-up during stage 11A of the 1939 TdF. From left to right, Swiss rider Theo Perret (Sw) has been separated from his bike; Mathias Clemens (Lux - #19) remains on one leg; Bernardoni (It) balances precariously on his bike; beneath him in the tricolore is Lucien Le Guevel (Fra); Pierre Cloarec wears the white jersey of team Ouest; hidden beneath him with his hand in the air is Francois Neuville (Bel); somewhere in the pile is Rene Pedroli (Sw); standing on the right is #46 Cyriel Venoverberghe (Bel). From "Le Miroir des Sports" No.1077, 25th July 1939."

(Well, I just realized I have a picture taken a few moments later of the same chute...)

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/Marseille39pt2?full=1

A few moments after the first picture. Spectators help Bernardoni remount, but how are they going to get his shoe on?; L Guevel and Neuville are trying to untangle their bikes; the small boy pushes one of the Swiss back into action. From "Le Miroir des Sports" No.1077, 25th July 1939.

Aldo Ross
Blue Ball, Ohio