On August 25th, 1944—the day Paris was liberated—General de Gaulle delivered one of the most important speeches in the history of modern France. Its conclusion: “We, who have lived the greatest hours of our History, we have nothing else to wish than ...

Graham Robb writes history on two wheels and in four dimensions. Almost 30,000 miles of “gentle cycling for weeks on end” have fed his delightfully off-center books about the French past and the hidden byways of the nation’s culture. For Mr. Robb ...

Tour de France History: The 2023 Tour de France starts in Bilbao, Spain on Saturday with a hard day in the Basque Country. But we go back to the very beginning, 1903 for a quick Tour history lesson. # You can see the ‘PEZ Tour’23 Route Preview’ HERE ...