Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Frankfurt, Germany
Bikes: Focus trash find commuter, Eddy Merckx Corsa, BP Stealth TT bike, Leader 720 TT bike, Boardman Comp Hybrid drop bar conversion, Quantec CX budget cyclocross build, SerottaNOS frameset ready to build up!
Well, AG2R ride BH frames and Mavic wheels. FDJ ride Lapierre frames. French companies IIRC. There is some flag-carrying there. Plus Time are a french company as well I think.
TBH I don't think the French would care what any prospective native winner of the TdF was riding really. They go beserk enough when one of their own wins a stage anyway.