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CYCLISTS WORN OUT AT END OF TOUR DE FRANCE FIFTY-NINE FINISH Reed. 11.20 a.m. PARIS, Monday. In the Tour de France cycle race, Guerra was second. Le Ducq, the winner, finished eleventh In 1929 and fourth in 1928. This year 59 competitors completed the course in a famished condition. It was reported yesterday that two of the cyclists, Pelissier and Guerra, on their arrival at Charlesville, came to blows. Guerra claimed that Pellssiei- had interfered with Ills arrival and knocked over Pelissier, whereupon a fight ensued until the excited onlookers separated the contestants. Pelissier was fined 300 francs (about £2 10s) for swerving in from the course, and Guerra was fined 500 francs for assaulting Pelissier.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 9
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