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The 1928 Tour de France was the 22nd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 17 June to 15 July. It consisted of 22 stages over 5,376 km (3,340 mi). The Tour was won by Nicolas Frantz, his second win. He held the yellow jersey from beginning to end, despite an incident three days before the end of the race. Frantz had a mechanical ...
The 1928 Tour de France was the 22nd tour and featured the first appearance of an Australian-New Zealand team, indicating the beginning of a more international sporting field. [1] Tour director Henri Desgrange allowed teams to replace exhausted or injured cyclist by new cyclists, to give the weaker teams a fairer chance. However, the effects ...
Route of the 1928 Tour de France. The 1928 Tour de France was the 22nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.The Tour began in Paris with a team time trial on 17 June, and Stage 11 occurred on 30 June with a flat stage to Marseille.
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
Watson was selected for the 1928 Tour de France on the strength of his performance in the Dunlop Grand Prix, which at the time was the biggest cycling race in the British Empire and the richest race in the world. [8] The race was held in four stages around Victoria in November 1927, covering 690.5 miles (1,111.3 km).
André Leducq (pronounced [ɑ̃.dʁe lə.dyk]; 27 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France.He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event [1] and the 1928 Paris–Roubaix.
He rode in the 1928 Tour de France. [2] [3] References This page was last edited on 14 October 2024, at 10:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Ernest "Ernie" Bainbridge (1890–1984 [1]), also known as Ern Bainbridge, was an Australian racing cyclist, who is best known for competing in the 1928 Tour de France with fellow Australian Percy Osborn and Hubert Opperman and New Zealander Harry Watson.
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