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World War I

DC blog Tyne Cot (Picture courtesy Dominic Cox)

Unfair Stood the Wind for France: Dominic Cox tours the battlefields – but weather scuppers pavé plans

Military history trip was meant to coincide with riding Paris-Roubaix route - but at least he made the velodrome

Mon, Apr 06, 2015 10:46
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Sarajevo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licenced by Clark and Kim Kays:Flickr)

Cyclists take to streets of Sarajevo to mark centenary of assassination that sparked WWI

ASO sponsor mass participation ride aimed at underlining "message of peace and unity"

Mon, Jun 23, 2014 09:32
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Meriden Green with National Cyclists’ Memorial on right, CC BY SA 2.0 licensed on Flickr by Amanda Green

Cyclist who was first British casualty of WWI ‘may have been killed by friendly fire’ (+ video)

Private John Parr was aged around 15 at time of death; cyclists killed in war to be remembered at Meriden next month

Mon, Apr 21, 2014 17:37
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Menin Gate, Ypres (CC licensed 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons by Johan Bakker

Cyclists in Belgian race fined for urinating on Menin Gate memorial to Great War dead

Race started at WWI monument to commemorate centenary of start of conflict; riders had been told to respect surroundings

Mon, Mar 17, 2014 21:53
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