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Jens Voigt - Riding the Tour De France On a Child's Bike
How the German cyclist had to borrow a child's bike to finish a mountain stage in 2010.
In July 2010, the German cyclist Jens Voigt crashed while descending a mountain in the Pyrenees during the Tour De France. With his bike destroyed and his team support cars a long way up the road, Voigt borrowed a child’s bike and rode the next 15 kilometres on it. He talks to Ashley Byrne.
(Photo: Jens Voigt in action at the 2010 Tour De France. Credit: Getty Images)
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