The Maaslands wrote:
>"Cosi, prima sulla sua bici Wilier Triestina (la Wilier, vicentina,
>aggiunto quel Triestina in suo onere),...
>
(I
guess this was 'onore', instead)
>Thus, first on his Wilier Triestina bike (Wilier, from the province of
>Vicenza, added the Triestina part in his honor),...
>
I was told by a friend of mine, from Riese PioX in fact, who used to
train with a younger son of the Wilier family, that the 'Triestina' part
was added to celebrate the reunion of the town of Trieste to Italy.
Who's right?
Sergio Pisa
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