CYCLING SCANDAL
“FAKED” GERMAN RACE.
MANY COMPETITORS SUSPENDED FRENCHMEN ALONE HONEST. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day 11.55 a.m.) COLOGNE, March 24. The German. 'Cycling Union has unearthed a scandal, and has suspended many competitors for “faking” the recent six days’ international professional cyclists’ race to Berlin. It declared that the only honest competitors were the Frenchmen,. Wambst and Lecquehay. who were twice previously sacrificed on German tracks in 1928 iby competitors’ conspiracies.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 141, 26 March 1928, Page 5
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73CYCLING SCANDAL Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 141, 26 March 1928, Page 5
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