11 thoughts on “Bear Claw, who did win the first Tour de France?”
Brigitte Macron probably got a hard on over that statement
An oldie, like us, and a goodie, again, like us!
Why did he get angry at the truth? Sore looser like most of the french.
I’d love to use that line on Jeopardy.
it may have been the french going in the other direction. they have had a lot of practice at that.
I would go against the grain here and mention the Umayyad invasion of Gaul in A.D. 719.
Or we could go back to the Romans on their way to the British Isles.
In 2020 Heinrich Klempt was coming into France and the border guard asked “occupation?” Heinrich replied “no, just visiting”.
actually it was Rommel leading the 7th panzer division.
Hitler was a little late.
The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper L’Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L’Équipe. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over 2,428 km, and was won by Maurice Garin. The race was invented to boost the circulation of L’Auto, after its circulation started to plummet from competition with the long-standing Le Vélo. Originally scheduled to start in June, the race was postponed one month, and the prize money was increased.
ps now it’s over 2000 miles with only 2 days rest in between.
Brigitte Macron probably got a hard on over that statement
An oldie, like us, and a goodie, again, like us!
Why did he get angry at the truth? Sore looser like most of the french.
I’d love to use that line on Jeopardy.
it may have been the french going in the other direction. they have had a lot of practice at that.
I would go against the grain here and mention the Umayyad invasion of Gaul in A.D. 719.
Or we could go back to the Romans on their way to the British Isles.
In 2020 Heinrich Klempt was coming into France and the border guard asked “occupation?” Heinrich replied “no, just visiting”.
actually it was Rommel leading the 7th panzer division.
Hitler was a little late.
The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper L’Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L’Équipe. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over 2,428 km, and was won by Maurice Garin. The race was invented to boost the circulation of L’Auto, after its circulation started to plummet from competition with the long-standing Le Vélo. Originally scheduled to start in June, the race was postponed one month, and the prize money was increased.
ps now it’s over 2000 miles with only 2 days rest in between.