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World Service,09 Nov 2014,9 mins

Racing the Stasi

Sporting Witness

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In 1964, East German cyclist, Dieter Wiedemann, defected to the West to be with the woman he loved and to fulfil his dream of riding the Tour de France Photo: Dieter Wiedermann racing in the 1967 Tour de France (Credit: Dieter Wiedemann)

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