[2] As a professional rider, Zaaf was best known for stage 13 of the 1950 Tour de France.
With about 200 km to go in the stage, Abdel-Kader Zaaf attacked with compatriot Marcel Molinès.
The alcohol combined with the heat had an immediate effect on Abdel-Kader, who started zigzagging and had to interrupt the stage.
He was awakened a short while later by supporters claiming the peloton was fast approaching.
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