When the Pelissier brothers ruled Roubaix

Re-Cycle: The cycling history podcast

English - April 09, 2020 03:00 - 28 minutes - 65.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
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In the latest episode of Re-Cycle, we recall the fraternal feeling of 1921’s Paris-Roubaix, won by Henri Pélissier ahead of his brother Francis. It remains the first and only time in cycling history that siblings have finished on the top two steps of the podium in one of cycling's fabled Monuments.

Set against a backdrop of renewal and recovery, when cycling was battling back from the destruction of war, two brothers pulled off a famous, unparalleled one-two in the 1921 Paris-Roubaix in spite of a bounty on their heads for trying to break away from La Sportive, the suffocating consortium which then governed the sport.

Written by Felix Lowe, narrated by Graham Willgoss and produced by Pete Burton. Rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice.

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