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...After clinging close to the lead through most of the 24-day, 2,800-mile Tour de France, the grueling bike race that winds around France and into Italy and Bel gium, Roger Walkowiak, 29, a Frenchman of Polish descent, almost came to grief on the final lap. He had a blowout 20 kilometers from the finish. But Roger reso-utely grabbed a teammate's bike, pumped madly for home, hung on to his time advantage and prizes and contracts worth more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Aug. 6, 1956 | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

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