Aldo Ross wrote:
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> Pic of the Day
> 16th January
> Chevy Trucks
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> http://www.wooljersey.com/
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> Chevrolet supplied the official rider support vehicles for the 1937 Bordeaux-Paris, one truck per rider. Here, Guy Lapebie (supported by a strap around the window frame) supplies food and water to his brother Roger. Roger would lead the race until his legs "refused to continue turning" and he collapsed into a grassy drainage ditch.
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> >From "Match l'Intran" No.572, 1 June 1937.
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> Aldo Ross
> Blue Ball, Ohio
>From defeat in the '37 Bordeaux-Paris, 26 year old Lapebie went on to
win the '37 Tour de France a few months later. The 1937 Tour was the
first year Desgrange allowed derailleurs...
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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