Re: [CR]Colnago with a twist (Boule d'Or)

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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:58:49 +0100
From: "Sergio Servadio" <servadio@df.unipi.it>
To: greenjersey@ntlworld.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Colnago with a twist (Boule d'Or)
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greenjersey@ntlworld.com wrote:
>I now discover that Boule d'or-Colnago also sponsered a team in from 1978-80. In 1980 there was no Freddy but Roger de Vlaeminck was on the roster and that bike looks like Mr Paris-Roubaix's size! (only dreaming). The manager in 1980 was Lomme Driessens, the ultimate wheeler-dealer. Maybe he arranged a deal to have Boule d'Or's name on the bikes. I would say that it is a Colnago for certain.
>Ray Green, Brighton
> To the best of my memory it was Driessens I once met, after a stage of Giro d'Italia that had just ended in Castelfidardo, when he was 'coaching' Rick van Looy.. I would have a very nice story to tell about my encounter with Rick and Lomme. Some day I'll tell you.

Sergio
Pisa.