Strong move by Vanmarcke! Naesen and Kragh are following, but Asgreen closes the gap and everybody returns.
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Yes and no. In the early days, it were written stories in magazines and newspapers, so of course no feeling of 'live coverage'. But I get what you mean.These daily written updates, and no other source of info or alternative interpretations of events, must have been what following the early Tours was like.