Word: kubler
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...18th lap of their 25-day marathon, and rain could easily wash out the slim time advantage held by French Favorite Louison Bobet, 29. His rival, Swiss Champion Ferdi Rubier, 35, was an old hand at the hazards of mountain bicycle riding. A wet road might bother Bobet; Kubler might gain an unbeatable lead...
...after the backbreaking scramble to Briangon, the last laps across the Vosges Mountains and the black roads of the North Country all seemed downhill. At week's end, Bobet pedaled into Paris' Pare des Princes, a comfortable 15 min., 49 sec. ahead of Switzerland's Kubler. Third man in the Tour's history to win twice running, Bobet earned $28,500 in prize money, an estimated $43,000 in extras and France's heartfelt bravo...