TOUR DE FRANCE RACE
ANOTHER STAGE OVER (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Sunday. In the Vannes-Sables section of the Tour de France cycle race, there were 116 starters. The winners were: Alcyon, Frantz, Ledueq, Meertens, Rebry. Neuhard and Vervaecke, 6h 23m 14s. Opperman was 20th in 6h 44m 30s. Watson was 54th in 7h 7m 7s. The extreme heat caused the riders to suffer from fatigue. The Louvet team caught Opperman and they rode on opposite sides for 20 miles. Opperman then drew away, but he had a puncture and Louvet passed him again. In the aggregate Opperman is 12th and Watson (New Zealand) is 18th.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 389, 25 June 1928, Page 9
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