A La Walkowiak
https://inrng.com/2016/03/a-la-walkowiak/ Tuesday, 8 March 2016 "They stole my Tour, they’re bastards" That’s 1956 Tour de France winner Roger Walkowiak talking about the Parisian newspapers who criticised him for winning the race. To this day “ winning à la Walkowiak ” is a term used for an easy or an unexpected win , often in cycling but sometimes beyond, a French politician can triumph à la Walko too . With Paris-Nice passing by the city of Montluçon today, birthplace of Walkowiak , it’s a good day to correct this phrase. What if à la Walko really meant to take an impressive win at the end of a great race? Find a map of France, put your finger in the middle and you’ll hit Montluçon. It’s here where Roger Walkowiak was born in 1927 . He celebrated his 89th birthday last week and now lives in nearby Vichy. The son of a Polish factory worker and a French mother , Roger grew up in Montluçon when it was a busy industrial city and children used to race bikes around the town ...