TOUR DE FRANCE
WORLD’S GREATEST CYCLING TEST
Amongst the passengers who returned by the Maunganui yesterday was Mr. H. G. Watson, the well-known Canterbury cyclist, who represented the Dominion in the Tour de-France, the big 3360-mile cycling race, which is admitted to be the severest test for riders in the world. The New Zealander was associated with Messrs. Opperman, Osborn, and Bainbridge, the Australian cyclists, in the strenuous contest, which entailed a full month of riding. Mr. Watson stated that the Australian and New Zealand team had been severely handicapped 'by the scarcity of their numbers, and in order to hope for success in the future a bigger team would be necessary. He considered the Belgians the best riders in the world, and next to them came the Frenchmen. The AustralianNew Zealand team had done well to have three of its four members complete the 3360 miles journey. Opperman finished in eighteenth place, and . Watson in twenty-eighth. . The Canterbury rider, who is a brother-in-law of B. W. Arnst, who won the Timaru to Christchurch road race on Saturday last, left for his home by the ferry steamer last night.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 12, 9 October 1928, Page 17
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189TOUR DE FRANCE Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 12, 9 October 1928, Page 17
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