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Show HARDY CYCLISTS COMMENCE TOUR THROUGH FRANCE PARIS, July 7 (U.R) Ninety seasoned bicyclists representing in tuitions tndny set out on the ;i0th nnmidl Tour dc France, one of sportilom's most gruelling m era. For 27 days the hardy cyclists will pedal up and across the Pyrenees and Alps, nnd ride across the flat liuuls of Flanders. They luive 4 .41 'I kilometers to cover in 1!7 days. Allowing six days for rest they have to make more than 200 kilometers daily. Prizes total about 1,000,000 Francs! JH5.000) with 60,000 going fo the winner, and 10,000 francs ,; lo the winner of each daily lap. |