PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoGustaf Håkansson, the 'Steel Grandpa', in a 1764 kilometer-long bicycle race at 66 years old, Sweden, 1951lemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageGustaf Håkansson, the 'Steel Grandpa', in a 1764 kilometer-long bicycle race at 66 years old, Sweden, 1951lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days ago The Tour was run in stages, and while the contestants slept, Håkansson would pedal up to three days without sleeping. After 6 days, 14 hours and 20 minutes, he arrived in Ystad - 24 hours before the contestants. Absolute mad lad
Absolute mad lad