All right, this is driving me to distraction, so I ask the list for help.
One of my favorite videos is the tape of the '76 Paris Roubaix race, won by Marc DeMayer of Flandria in a tight sprint over DeVlaeminck and Moser. However, early in the tape the narrator indicates that there are 15 teams in the race. I can only identify 13. Further, there are three teams whose bicycles I cannot identify. Any help appreciated.
Teams and Bikes:
Gan/Mercier Peugeot-Esso/Peugeot Brooklyn/Gios Torino TI Raleigh/Raleigh Bianchi Campy/Bianchi Gitane Campy/Gitane Flandria/Flandria Sanson/Benotto JSBoerke/Colnago Molteni/Merckx (Probably DeRosa by this date)
Teams with unknown Bikes
Jobo Maes Pils Miko
Unknown Teams
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Any guesses anyone? Also, why did seemingly all the teams start the day with brand new white tape? Any reason other than aesthetics? Did they rewrap the bars for every race?
Tom (Love to have any of these bikes!) Adams, Kansas City