Monte Carlo or bust

Posed at Victoria, in London, SW1, at the RAC Engineering Department in Lupus Street, on June 22, 1951, the British-starting sextet were among 74 riders (although actually 61 set out) who were attempting to ride a distance of 1500 kilometres. Actually though, distances were 1567km as the shortest, 6km more for the longest) from different starting points across Europe – Amsterdam, Barcelona, Biarritz, Brussels, Geneva, London,