On the warpath
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted coup saw his mercenary army, Wagner, advance three-quarters of the 596 miles from Rostov to Moscow. How far did other coup leaders have to travel?
Distance in miles
49 BC, Julius Caesar: Rubicon river to Rome 152
1799, Napoleon: Paris to Saint-Cloud 7
1815, Napoleon: Elba to Paris 564
1922, Mussolini: Naples to Rome 117
1936, Franco: Gran Canaria to Seville 851
1973, Pinochet: Valparaiso to Santiago 63
Commencing the Tour
The 120th-anniversary Tour de France departs Bilbao on Saturday when 176 riders will compete for the yellow jersey.
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