Peter Kohler wrote:
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> But it's all hard to argue since Campagnolo remained THE choice worldwide
> at the time at least in pro racing. Thevenet's 1977 TdF win was, what,
> the first with a wholly non Italian rig since... well since the last time
> Peugeot won in 1967.
You're overlooking Bernard Thevenet's first TdF victory in 1975 riding a Peugeot; beat Eddy Merckx.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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