Louison Bobet rode to 3 Tour wins with Huret. The first two on Stella bicycles whereas the third was on a Bobet branded bike that was thought to be a Mercier.
This does however predate the period of the Jubilees.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Now Huret Sponsership/was Simplex LJ v. Huret--a thought
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> > Interestingly, I don't recall the Jubilee derailleur was ever on a bike
> that
> > won the TdF; the LJ was on several. Did Huret sponsor any major teams?
> > Regards,
> > John Taglia
>
> I'm unaware of Huret sponsering any major teams but as I recently posted,
> the Jubilee's were if fact used by the Raleigh Team on their Team bikes
back
> in at least 1973. Of the Team bikes about 1/2 seem to have been equipped
> with the Huret Jubilee's (along with Nervar Star cranksets and Weinmann
> brakes) while the other 1/2 were Campagnolo NR as I had always assumed.
>
> Eric Elman
> got my 7th ride in a row in today :-) and got my freshly restored 1974
> Raleigh International which was pristine, absolutely filthy :-( ,when I
got
> caught in a downpour about 10 miles from home.
> Somers, CT
>
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