The swedish team had no common brand for everyone, but Bernt Johansson rode a Peugeot leaving the others not at the last hill but a couple of minutes before and not the pack, but a group of 7-8 riders who had left the big pack already midrace.
Olof "remember it as of yesterday" Stroh Uppsala Sweden
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> On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 11:56 PM, DavidS4410@aol.com wrote:
>
> > One thing to clear up on this topic that has nothing to do with the
> > bike.
> > Not to diminish Mount's international racing success, but he did not
> > "medal"
> > at the 1976 Olympics. I seem to recall that he was 4th at best or 6th,
> > either way a very creditable showing, but no medal. The road race was
> > won by
> > Johansson, Sweden; 2nd Martinelli, Italy; and 3rd Nowicki, Poland.
> > Dave Staub
> > Orange, Ca
> >
> >
> Speaking of Johansson, wasn't he a giant of a rider who just rode away
> from the pack in the last big climb in the road race? He just blew
> everyone else off the road in his uphill sprint. Don't remember what
> the Swedish team were riding. Does anyone else?
>
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