Did The Tour De France Help Bring Down The Berlin Wall?
With another season of Grand Tour stage races upon us, now's a fitting time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Le Tour's flirtation with a Cold War hot spot.
The Tour De France has a habit of leaving the host nation to take in lands elsewhere. With the Alps and the Pyrenees regular Tour destinations, visits to Spain and Andorra and Italy and Switzerland are almost an annual event. And given the proximity of the Low Countries, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg have also welcomed the world's greatest cyclists. H…
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