Tour de France mechanics
10-11-16, 04:46 AM
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Tour de France mechanics
Does anyone know if lists of Tour de France mechanics exist? I mean: they are as much the heroes as the riders! I figure there must be information on the past TdF teams with their mechanics? Who, for example, did the maintenance for Zoetemelk, Hinault etc.?
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Ernesto Colnago wrenched for Eddy Merckx for a while. Julien DeVries worked with Lance. I can probably conjure up a few more. A list? Not aware. They move around so much.
Alan Butler and Geoff Brown worked for Motorola and the morphed teams...Postal, etc...then went on to Slipstream.
don't get wrenches mixed up with souigneurs.
Alan Butler and Geoff Brown worked for Motorola and the morphed teams...Postal, etc...then went on to Slipstream.
don't get wrenches mixed up with souigneurs.
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I'm sure that would be interesting, I wish I could help you. We saw a few stages of the Tour of California this year and I looked up the Tinkoff mechanics, and this one in particular. It notes that his Grandfather, Maurice Desimpelaere, won Paris-Roubaix in 1944! Lots of great stories out there, I'm sure.
Christophe Desimpelaere - Tinkoff
Christophe Desimpelaere - Tinkoff
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"Lots of great stories out there, I'm sure." I absolutely agree there must be! I mean: these mechanics (mécaniciens) saw and heard it all, up close! And some of them built very beautiful bikes (on demand) in their own spare free time. So, I hope some names will pop up, especially around 1975-1985.
How many mechanics did Tour de France teams have back then in general? Did that depend on the total (team)budget? Were there any rules on this?
How many mechanics did Tour de France teams have back then in general? Did that depend on the total (team)budget? Were there any rules on this?
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For example: these were the teams in 1979... -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Tour_de_France
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