[CR]Pic of the Day - Meulan Cyclocross 1933

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From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:00:29 -0500
Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day - Meulan Cyclocross 1933

Pic of the Day - Seventy-Four Years Ago A Report for the Meulan Cyclocross

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The weather, for a cyclocross, was splendid. The race, due to the splendid weather, was a little dull. And Destiny played his hand at the start, cutting-down some of the best riders who'd taken the line. Small events can have great effects; if the start area hadn't been muddied by a football match, and if the race had started an hour earlier, then the many falls at the start might not have occurred. The falls affected Foucaux, Maillard, and particularly Guitton, who tried to fight back against his bad luck. He made a beautiful effort, and is certainly in very good condition. He had prepared well, this brave man Camille, but was using smooth tires made for frost, rather than studded tires made for mud. He could not succeed. As for Maillard, on his home course, his stronghold which he knows so well, he too suffered incredibly bad luck.

Bertellin was not much favored. He had two strong adversaries with him, and had a hard fall. But he was uninjured, and quickly got back into action, taking command again for most of the rest of the race. Behind him one saw, at the turn-around for the return leg, Remois and Hervet, who remained close to Bertellin, and Vanderdonckt who, near the end gained some places, in particular passing Peuziat and Lotz, which made for an excellent race.

All in all Bertellin, who was second last year at the Criterium International (unofficial World Cyclocross Championship) is racing very consistently this year in spite of two early failures. And it's likely that Maillard and Peuziat will be up with him, along with Foucaux, for the remainder of the season.

It was colder on Sunday, the day after the race. There were however many cyclists in Meulan, and some of the competitors from the previous day's race were training on this difficult cross-country course, in particular Schilles, Auguste and Fernand Wambst, Merviel, and Sausin.
>From "Match l'Intran" No.333, 24th January 1933.

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Aldo Ross
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