Pic of the Day 19 January, 2008
Campy Crankset 1959
Stage 10, 1959 Tour de France. Federico Bahamontès (Espagne) and Charly Gaul (Pays-Bas - Luxembourg) attacked on the lower slopes of the Col du Tourmalet, in an effort to force the other favorites into action. But Roger Rivière (France) and Jean-Claude Annaert (Paris - Nord-Est) caught the duo, and Rivière moved almost effortlessly to the front and forced the pace. The attack failed, a different group escaped, and the favorites had to wait for another day to assert their dominance. Bahamontès would go on to win the Tour, with André Anglade 2nd at 4' 1" and Jacques Anquetil 3rd at 5' 5".
Here Rivière (71) leads Annaert (GEM shorts), Bahamontès (61), and
Gaul. Note the equipment on Rivière's "Raphaël Géminiani" -
M.A.F.A.C. (Racer?) centerpulls, Campagnolo Record crankset (same for
Annaert and Bahamontès, while Gaul uses a cottered steel crank), Gran
Sport front and rear derailleurs, and high-flange hubs. Rivière and
Gaul carry a gonfleurs, while Bahamontès has a frame pump, and Annaert
has one of each.
>From "Les Miroir des Sports - l'Histoire du Tour 59", 1959.
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Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio, USA