Henri Desgrange, the founder of the Tour, said at the time: "The Tour has been killed by the passions it has aroused". The day the 1914 Tour de France began, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo. AdvertisementFor the record Belgian Philippe Thys won the Tour that year, the last time it was held until 1919. It ended less than five weeks short of the declaration of war made by France and England on Nazi Germany. Armstrong was eventually stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after admitting to doping.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2020 17:03 UTC