Moos, Jerry wrote:
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> One wonders if the Speedwell handling was unstable in the
> rain and if this contributed to Luis Ocana's famous crash while pursuing
> Merckx on that rainy mountain descent in the Tour the France.
There is a film clip of the crash in the movie La Course en Tete and it was raining in torrents. Wouldn't have matter what bike he was on. After he didn't make a turn and hit a rock wall, someone else (Agostino? anyone remember?) came along and crashed at the same place hitting Ocana.
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