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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:36 am Reply with quote
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Liege is this weekend. Hinault won the race twice on his Gitane (1977 & 1980). The 1980 edition is one of the all-time greatest races ever. If you don't know about it...time to do some reading!
http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_5.htm

Another interesting fact: The race was actually held during WWII (1943), where it was won by a Belgian riding a Helyett. Would love some pictures from that race! Here is a story about racing during WWII which I found interesting:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/09/news/the-explainer-surviving-in-the-hardest-of-times_97336

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1980 LBL 
PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:58 pm Reply with quote
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Good stuff - very interesting. The photo posted is actually from 1981 - attached is one from 1980. I also liked the link about WWII.

I've also attached a photo of Fignon during the 1987 Vuelta(?). Can you confirm this. I've never seen that particular Système U jersey before.

BTW - Thank you for your efforts running/maintaining the website!

Kind Regards,
ivan






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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:57 am Reply with quote
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Yessir...it's from the Vuelta in 1987. When Gitane rode in Spain in 1986 and 1987, they took on another sponsor, because Systeme U wasn't in Spain. So in 1986, it was Pegasus (autos), in 1987 it was Bose. The decals on Fignon's bikes are the ones that I want...very hard to find good pictures of those!

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:11 pm Reply with quote
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Stephan!! Looks like a fun day.????

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