The triumph at Dourdan: Laurin & Klement won the motorcycle world championship 115 years ago

Dourdan, 25 June 1905: the victorious Václav Vondřich - nicknamed the “Travelling Blacksmith” by spectators – with his bag full of tools and spare parts at the finish of the unofficial Motorcycle World Championship. In the centre is Václav Klement, co-founder of the factory in Mladá Boleslav.