Tour de France (Frederico Ezquerra 1934)

July 22, 2011 Stage 19 of the Tour de France, the cyclists climbed up the Col du Telegraphe and the Galibier and finished with the climb to Alpe d Huez. In 1934 Federico Ezquerra his 1^st Tour surprised everybody with his performance in Stage 7 of that tour when he beat everyone to the top of both the Col du Telegraphe and the Galibier and proved to be a powerful rider through out the rest of the race. I have taken this photo which is in public domain which is rather small in size, I was able to enlarge it with out to much pixilation and artifacts and fixed a few things and added a little color which adds a bit more contrast and brings out the subjects of this photo, Federico, the motorcyclist and car. Although I made the poster after last years tour, after watching Stage 19 of this years tour I realized that that this photo was taken somewhere on that same route some 77 years ago, I just stare at this photo and try and imagine what it must have been like back then…. YIKES, sheer torture! The race is still torture if you ask me, but the cyclists are so well taken care of today and the roads are vastly improved as is the equipment, but its still no holiday. Poster size 16x12.