[CR]Pic of the Day 7/25/05

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From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:35:58 -0400
Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day 7/25/05

Pic of the Day 25th July, 2005

Guy Lapébie at Eighteen

It's always fun to scan through these old magazines and find a picture showing someone before they became really famous. This picture shows 1937 Tour de France winner Roger Lapébie's younger brother Guy in 1934, at age eighteen, while still just a promising amateur. Two years later he would finish 2nd in the road race at the Berlin Olympics, then enjoy a long and productive career in the professional ranks from 1937 until 1952.
>From "Match l'Intran" No.446, 26 February 1935.

Click on pic for larger image.

For an image of Guy's brother Roger, see:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/Guerra_Lapebie_1934

For a pic of Guy supporting Roger in the 1937 Bordeaux-Paris, see:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/ravitaillejpg

Also see:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/Lapebie_broken_frame

Aldo Ross
BlueBall, Ohio