The Incredible Story of Dieter Wiedemann, the Iron Curtain and the Greatest Cycling Race on Earth
The Incredible Story of Dieter Wiedemann, the Iron Curtain and the Greatest Cycling Race on Earth
When the 'Iron Curtain' descended across Europe, Dieter Wiedemann was a hero of East German sport. A podium finisher in The Peace Race, the Eastern Bloc equivalent of the Tour de France, he was a pin-up for the supremacy of socialism over the 'fascist' West.
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