hold the race during WWII
... that the organisers of the Tour de France refused to hold the race during WWII, despite the German authorities' offer to open the borders between German-occupied France and Vichy France specially?
... that the organisers of the <a href="./Tour_de_France" id="mwFCw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a> refused to <b id="mwFC0"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Tour_de_France_during_the_Second_World_War" id="mwFC4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tour de France during the Second World War">hold the race during WWII</a></b>, despite the German authorities' offer to open the borders between <a class="mw-redirect" href="./German_occupation_of_France_during_World_War_II" id="mwFC8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German occupation of France during World War II">German-occupied France</a> and <a href="./Vichy_France" id="mwFDA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> specially?