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By Graham Jones
and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians
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CyclingRevealed's First Impressions '09
Stage 10 - (Tue) July 14th,
Limoges to Issoudun, 194.5 km Rolling Stage
Laurent Jalabert a two time "Bastille Day" stage winner 1995 and 2001 (Image © Reuters)
The breakaway dejour (R to L) Thierry Hupond (Skil), Benoit Vaurengard (FdJ),
Samuel Dumoulin (Cof) and Mikhail Ignatiev (Kat) (Image © Reuters)
Stage Winner Mark Cavendish (Image © Reuters)
Bastille Day is a National holiday in
France
. History lessons tell us that Kings and Queens often used the Bastille (a prison in
Paris) to lock up the dissidents. To the people of
France
the Bastille was a symbol of all the bad things done by their Kings and
Queens. On July 14, 1789, a large force of French citizens stormed the Bastille and claimed independence for the people. Today, July 14th symbolizes the end of Monarchial rule in
France
. It is an Independence Day and the beginning of a new form of government.
Almost every year the Tour de France organizers schedule a stage on Bastille Day. For a Frenchman to win that stage is very prestigious. The following is a list of Bastille Day stage winners.
Laurent Jalabert a Bastille Day winner in 1995 and 2001
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