On Nov 23, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Aldo Ross wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> I think the rider behind Merckx might be Raymond Poulidor, the only
> man who could stay
> with Merckx when he started his breakaway. The bike is labeled
> "Mercier".
> I'm looking for other views of the bike... I'll email again if I find
> anything.
>
> Aldo Ross
I was in Montreal for the Worlds in 1974 (and I'm looking right now at a photo of Merckx that I took there) and while I haven't seen the photo PouPou finished second to Merckx and rode a Mercier. Phil Brown Getting out the old slides for evidence in Berkeley, Calif.