Bordeaux-Paris was the best bike race you’ve never heard of: a midnight start, 550km-long, and ridden behind motorised ‘dernys’, with winners including Jacques Anquetil and Tom Simpson. More than thirty years since Bordeaux-Paris was last raced, pro cyclists Mitch Docker and Sam Bewley are aiming to recreate the infamous 1965 edition. How will they fare at the ‘Derby of the Road’?
Harry Dowdney
Emma Rimmer
Mike Rees
Simon Richardson
Harry Dowdney
Mitch Docker
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Sam Bewley
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Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris
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