Right back in 1951, the race programme for the seventh Tour of Britain listed one Oscar "The Duke" Savile as No.48. Only the surname was correct - Oscar came from the name of his bike, a rare Swiss machine designed by Oscar Egg, the winner of three Independent Category stages in the 1911 Tour de France and two more in 1914, the year he also became Swiss road race champion and "The Duke" from his
Source - Cyclopunk
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