Pic of the Day Coverage of the Tour de France 1 July, 2006
In light of events over the past 48 hours, I've decided to make Pic of the Day a "controversy-free" zone - no crashes, no abandonments, no cheaters, no EPO, no blood boosting or syringes or secret nighttime deposits in subway trash bins.
That's right, just bikes, riders, racing and resting.
Oh!, and bottles of beer and soda stolen from grocers, picnickers, and delivery trucks.
And men sharing bath tubs - mustn't forget the teammates sharing bath tubs.
But otherwise, absolutely no controversies.
Today's Pic of the Day:
Bike racing fan Ernest Hemingway called her "the most sensational woman anyone ever saw" - singer, movie star, erotic dancer (oops - I overlooked that controversy... sorry), and future member of the French Resistance, ex-patriot American entertainer Josephine Baker embraced France whole-heartedly, just as France embraced their new "Joséphine". Here the star of the Folies Bergére has presented flowers to the French National Team before the start of the 1933 Tour de France. Riders, from left to right: Charles Pélissier, André Leducq (winner in 1930 & 1932, 2nd in 1928), Maurice Archambaud, Georges Speicher, Antonin Magne (winner in 1931 & 1934, 2nd in 1936, 3rd in 1930), Léon Le Calvez, Roger Lapébie (winner in 1937, 3rd in 1934), and René Le Grevès. On the extreme left with his hand in the air is messieur Henri Desgrange, and on the extreme right is Lucien Cazalis, Secretary General of the Tour.
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Not to give away the ending, but Speicher would go on to win the '33
Tour ahead of Italians Learco Guerra (Italian National Team) and
Giuseppe Martano (independent - anyone know if he's the "Martano" in
Martano rims?).
>From "Le Miroir des Sports" No.714, 1 July 1933.
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio