‘They have started! Last night, at two o’clock in the morning, the crowds flocked, first to La Villette and then to Pavillons-sous-Bois, to admire them, cheer them and wish them good luck in the third Grand Prix Wolber, a true road world championship.’
So opened L’Auto’s front page story on 28th September 1924, run underneath profile sketches of France’s Henri Pélissier, Switzerland’s Heiri Suter, Luxembourg’s Nicolas Frantz and Italy’s Costante Girardengo.
‘And soon we will see the best of them, the winner, make his entry into the Parc des Princes. Which one will
