The Tour de France Passes Through Rochefort A ride through the heart of Rochefort, a mediaeval seaside town where in pre-Revolution days, the King himself had come down. Now, sportsmen wore the crowns, the new heroes of the scene— bike-boys racing for the yellow shirt and all of them bootstrap-keen. We waited with crowds on the street to whoop and roar them past. Australian O’Grady led, he’d never ridden so fast! I primed myself to cheer and hoped he’d hear me yell, “Come on, come on, O’Grady, you could beat this lot to hell …” People…
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