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German Empire. Killed almost instantly during a 100-kilometer event on the Cologne track. Gus Lawson, Paul Guignard's pacemaker, lost control of his pacemaking motorcycle when the back tire blew out. Emil Meinhold, Scheuermann's pacemaker, then collided – at 50 mph on his motorcycle – straight into the wreckage.
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus ( Nîmes ). [3] It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Pont du Gard is one of the best preserved Roman aqueduct bridges.
The Eiffel Tower ( / ˈaɪfəl / ⓘ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed " La dame de fer " (French for "Iron Lady"), it was ...
June 30, 2023 at 6:17 AM. Jonas Vingegaard on a training ride ahead of the Grand Depart (AFP via Getty Images) The 2023 Tour de France gets under way in Bilbao on Saturday with a hilly stage one ...
The 111th edition of the Tour de France got under way in Florence, Italy on Saturday, 29 June with the three-week race ending in Nice on Sunday, 21 July. Here's the story of the race. Saturday, 29 ...
Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot 's average speed was 24.1 km/h.
Here is a stage-by-stage guide to how the race will unfold. Stage 1: Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km. The 2023 Tour de France starts outside Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, and winds north to the Bay ...
The Pont Saint-Bénézet ( French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Pònt de Sant Beneset ), also known as the Pont d'Avignon ( IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃] ), was a medieval bridge across the Rhône in the town of Avignon, in southern France. Only four arches survive.