Re: [CR]re: E. Litton preceeds T. Ritchey... Boyer in 1st

Well, brad's snippet of news "did" reference "jacques boyer" finishing first in some junior race here in the s.f. bay area in what, '73?

I remembered him as jacques, he was also a member of the rather awesome group of juniors from the palo alto CA area that swept the US junior nats one year and took all the slots to the worlds as a result...imagine that, palo alto! I seem to remember that goofy tree as a logo on their jerseys.

Here's more on J. Boyer snipped from some un-attributed web site :

"OK, back before Lance, back before LeMond, there was Boyer. Jacques Boyer was the first American to race the Tour de France. Boyer competed in the Tour five times, beginning in 1981, and finished as high as 12th place. He also competed in and won the 1985 Race Across America (or RAAM) after being told that pro racers were too soft to successfully compete in ultra-marathon events. Boyer wiped the floor with the ultra-marathon types, finishing the 3,180-mile course in nine days, six hours, and two minutes, then dismissed the event as the dumbest thing he'd ever done. Oh, yeah -- he also won the Coors Classic (the long-since defunct American version of Le Tour) way back in 1980. Boyer's cycling career included an impressive 87 amateur victories and 49 professional ones. Boyer was inducted into the United States Cycling Hall of Fame in 1998."