Pic of the Day 3 March 2005
First, a correction: The men in caps and uniforms are NOT bicycle messengers - they are, in fact, "Agents cyclisme"... bicycle policemen.
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Now then.
Le Criterium des As, 1931, in two pics.
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Longchamp, 1931. Le Critérium des As, paced in 1931 by tandems. Here Camille Foucaux, winner the previous year, leads Italian De Martini and Jean Maréchal. Note the thick line of spectators. From "Match l'Intran" No.262, 15 September 1931.
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Then the rain came... Final lap, and Wambst is in the lead, behind his tandem. Maréchal is on his wheel - his own tandem weren't quick enough. Maréchal would go on to win from Lemoine and Wambst. From "Match l'Intran" No.262, 15 September 1931.
Aldo Ross
Blue Ball, Ohio
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