1934 TDF René Vietto, the coming man
Cover MATCH (July 1934), the (sporting) forerunner of the popular French magazine PARIS MATCH.
Stage 7: Tuesday, July 10, Aix les Bains - Grenoble, 229 km with major ascent the Col du Galibier
Selected in the French team was a 20-year-old rider named RENE VIETTO. Vietto, a hotel bellboy in Cannes before he turned professional, had shown from the beginning a startling ability to climb. There was some debate about his inclusion in the team because of his youth but his talent silenced all negative criticism.
Stage 7 from Aix-les-Bains to Grenoble went over the great Galibier. There the ex-bellboy showed what a brilliant talent he was. René Vietto won the stage with a 3 min 23 sec lead on the second, the Italian Giuseppe Martano, yellow jersey Antonin Magne and a few others right in his wheel. The rest of the field started coming in almost 12 minutes later.
1934 TDF René Vietto, the coming man
Cover MATCH (July 1934), the (sporting) forerunner of the popular French magazine PARIS MATCH.
Stage 7: Tuesday, July 10, Aix les Bains - Grenoble, 229 km with major ascent the Col du Galibier
Selected in the French team was a 20-year-old rider named RENE VIETTO. Vietto, a hotel bellboy in Cannes before he turned professional, had shown from the beginning a startling ability to climb. There was some debate about his inclusion in the team because of his youth but his talent silenced all negative criticism.
Stage 7 from Aix-les-Bains to Grenoble went over the great Galibier. There the ex-bellboy showed what a brilliant talent he was. René Vietto won the stage with a 3 min 23 sec lead on the second, the Italian Giuseppe Martano, yellow jersey Antonin Magne and a few others right in his wheel. The rest of the field started coming in almost 12 minutes later.