This version of Gitane's TDF was quirky, in that a bike that pays homage to the great French bike race, will be equipped with an Italian component gruppo, from what most consider a second tier manufacturer, none-the-less....
Th Mistral was itself quirky especially how the crankset design did not really relate that we'll with the plastic bodied front and rear derailleurs. The company's all aluminum Premier model derailleur set, was obviously designed with the Mistral crankset in mind, but I guess somebody at the top of the Ofmega product food chain decided otherwise.
That is why the Mistral gruppo (except for the crankset, which generated a big following mostly after they were not being sold anymore) was pretty much a flop....
Don't get me wrong, I love this bike, and had seriously considered buying it, in lieu of the Peugeot PSV that I still have now, bit it's just interesting to really look over this bike now and try to figure out what Gitane was thinking when they put it together.....