[CR]Re: Pierre Gachon riding in the 1937 Tour de France

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From: <GRIFFKS@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:14:33 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Pierre Gachon riding in the 1937 Tour de France

.............the referral to <<the intriguingly named Pierre Gachon>> riding for the British team in the 1937 TdF got me checking up and it turns out he was a French/Canadian who retired on the first stage. I believe it was a composite team from Britain and Canada as Gachon is referred in some text as riding for Canada and in other references as part of the three man team riding for Britain. .............Another more recent "unusual Brit" was Wiels-Groene Leeuw rider Michael Wright born of British parents but raised in Belgium who won stages in the Tour in 1965/1967/1973 and rode alongside other compatriots such as Simpson/Denson/Hoban et al. Wright represented Britain at national level but what was unusual about him was that he couldn't speak a word of English only
Flemish.
cheers
Griff King-Spooner (London UK)