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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed
Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| May
22, 1914 |
Tour
of Flanders |
Marcel
Buysse (Bel) |
280
km |
| April
5, 1914 |
Milan-San
Remo |
Ugo
Agostoni (Ita) |
286.5
km |
| April
1, 1914 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Charles
Crupelandt (Fra) |
274
km |
| May
24-June 6, 1914 |
Giro
d'Italia |
Alfonso
Calzolari (Ita) |
8 Stages,
3,162 km |
| June
28-July 26, 1914 |
Tour
de France |
Philippe
Thys (Bel) |
15
Stages, 5,379 km |
| Not
held |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
x |
x |
| October
25, 1914 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Lauro
Bordin (Ita) |
Milan-Milan,
235 km |
- Last Tour
before the “Great War”- Political tensions throughout
Europe were very high as the Tour de France prepared for its 11th edition.
Within hours
after the start of the 1914 TdF, a Serbian nationalist fired a shot that killed
Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 29 days later Philippe Thys rode into Paris with
his second TdF victory. The thrill of victory faded quickly
in 1914. Several weeks
after the Tour ended Europe was plunged into a devastating World War. Tour
director Henri Desgranges suspended the operations of the race
until after the war in
1919.
- May 14, 1914- Woodrow Wilson signed a ‘Mother's Day’ proclamation.
- World
War 1- June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
caused the start of World War 1. This was the first war to include
multiple
nations from around the world.
- Cleveland,
Ohio- 1914, the first electric traffic light was installed
in Cleveland.
- August
3, 1914- Germany declares war on France.
- Paris- Italian
Vincenzo Perugia was convicted of stealing the Mona Lisa
from
the Louvre in Paris. Stolen in 1911, Perugia spent 2 years selling forgeries
in the United States. French officials insist they have the original.
Notable
Deaths-
Archduchess Sophie Chotek, 1868-1914, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
was assassinated along side her husband while on a state visit to
Sarajavo.
1913
1915-18
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