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Col d’Aspin
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The Col d’Aspin was the second climb included
in the very first Tour de France mountain stage
of 1910.
Climbed after the Col de Peyresourde
and before the Col du Tourmalet, with the
Col d’Aubisque finishing up a colossal 326
kilometres stage. The riders had to start at 3.30
a.m. to stand a chance of finishing the same
day.
4.
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.
The organisers introduced the Broom Wagon
for the first time as they didn’t think most of
the riders would be able to finish. They weren’t
wrong.
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