Re: [CR]Who won the TDF in 1971?

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From: "Olof Stroh" <olof@stroh.nu>
To: "dan kasha" <dankasha@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20060520090126.45824.qmail@web38907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Who won the TDF in 1971?
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 12:04:59 +0200
reply-type=original

Your right, Luis Ocaña won in 1973 (on a Campagnoloequiped Motobécane) and chrashed in 1971. Merckx won in 1969,1970, 1971, 1072 and 1974.

Zeus never won.

cheers

Olof Stroh
Uppsala Sweden

----- Original Message -----
From: dan kasha
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 11:01 AM
Subject: [CR]Who won the TDF in 1971?

>I was wondering if someone could help me set the record straight on the TDF
>winners and Zeus.
>
> The CR spain page:
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Spain/zeus.htm
>
> Says that Luis Ocana beat Eddy Merckx in 1971.
>
> My searches show that Ocana crashed in 1971, and won in 1973.
>
> Can someone confirm all, but also shed light on what bikes Ocana might
> have been riding in those years? Did a Zeus ever win the tour?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dan Kasha
> Seattle, wa
>
>
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