The 95th "Tour de France" just ended yesterday... cycling is definitively not my cup of tea, but here is an opportunity to visit again Paris' main stadium, the Parc des Princes.
The Parc des Princes was inaugurated in 1897 as a velodrome. He was then managed by Henri Desgrange - a sportsman, journalist and entrepreneur - who later created the Tour de France in 1903... Desgrange was also managing sports newpaper L'Auto (now L'Equipe...)
The Parc des Princes had been for long time a high place of cycling in France, track cycling of course but also the finish line of Tour de France untill 1967 - the year when "old" Parc was closed and demolished to be rebuilt (in 1972) as it [...]