21 Cycling Climbs Part Two - Flipbook - Page 22
Col d’Aspin
Octave Lapize eventually won the first
mountain stage, and the tour overall,
He was foolishly asked by Alphonse Steinés, one
of the organisers at the top of the Aubisque,
how are was feeling?
“You are assassins, yes, assassins”, was his nowlegendary reply. And vowed to quit.
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