Riders On The Storm
The TLS Podcast
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The Lost Generation of the Tour De France
The 1923 Tour de France was a unique event in cycling history. Many of the riders had served on the front line during World War One. They were also scarred by bereavement, not just from the war itself but Spanish flu as well. The peloton is riddled through with this kind of sense of tragedy and loss.
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