Tour De France, the Early Years – Sports Bizarre
From Bizarre with Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily
Published 7/13/2022
From Bizarre with Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily
Published 7/13/2022
The early years of the Tour De France were a hot mess, with a spiked bottle of lemonade, itching powder put in cyclists’ shorts, riders taking rides in cars and trains, attempted murder and pitched battles between cyclists and spectators. Beginning in 1903 as a marketing exercise to boost the…
