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Sporting Witness: Jens Voigt - Riding the Tour De France On a Child's Bike

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21/07/2018 GMT

Jens Voigt - Riding the Tour De France On a Child's Bike

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, 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

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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