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Old 07-16-09 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by julian
The first two years of the TDF was run through the night! They eliminated that idea after people cheated by cover of darkness!
Long TDF's are a stupid idea. The longest in 1926 at 5,745 km. was over the top.
Pretty amazing though when you consider they rode that on a fixed.
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