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10-01-09 | 05:13 PM

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Chombi

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Originally Posted by Barchettaman

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.

I was just thinking what a perfect picture it was seeing Hinault on a Gitane for so many years in the TDF, Same with Laurent Fignon Who couldn't be more French than anyone else in the French Renault Team. this carried on with the LOOK bikes that the La Vie Claire team rode....just not the same these days.....
Heck, these French teams even made a point that they hired American and Irish champions with French last names.....Greg LeMonde (Gitane and La Vie Claire) and Stephen Roche (Peugeot)!

Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV

Last edited by Chombi; 10-01-09 at 05:16 PM.

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