Aldo,
The 1957 was some Tour, Jacques Anquetil winning at
his first attempt when everyone thought he was just a
time trialler! Federico Bahamontes climbing off on
Stage 10 on the road to Thonon-les-Baines very close
to nervous exhaustion, Charly Gaul quitting after two
days of racing, next year he won.
The 57 Tour will always be remembered for Jacques
stunning debut but it was also marred with tragedy
when Alex Virot the famous race commentator was killed
with his motorcycle rider Marcel Queheille, poor
bugger he had never ever had an accident up until
then.
Most of these facts are in the Tour De France Official
Centenial book a great read. Another excellent web
site for riders Palmares is
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/
> Pic of the Day
> 26th October, 2005
>
> Beating the Heat
>
>
http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> The 1957 Tour de France was another scorcher. Here
> Italian National Team
> rider Giuseppe Pintarelli partakes of a good
> drenching during stage 8,
> from Colmar to Besançon. From "Miroir-Sprint" No.578
> C, 5 July 1957.
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
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