Hi Nick,
I looked around some more and found this picture from after the final stage of the 1974 Tour de France showing Poulidor's bike, again with the white panel on the seattube...
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA
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From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr
Subject: Re: [CR]Thanks for Rider/Bike ID
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:57:59 -0800 (PST)
> The French riders, and probably most of the pro riders,
> rode the bikes of t heir pro sponsors so Poulidor had the
> pink Mercier, while Thevenet had the silver Peugeot
> PY-10.=a0 I don't remember any top pro Mercier-sponsored
tea
> ms riding anything but solid pink frames with white
> letters. =a0
> Regards,
> =a0
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX, USA
>
> --- On Wed, 11/26/08, nicbordeaux <nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr>
> wrote:
>
> From: nicbordeaux <nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr>
> Subject: [CR]Thanks for Rider/Bike ID
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 7:30 AM
>
> Thanks everybody for the input on the bike and rider
> following Merckx. That 's exactly the info I needed. And,
> I'm sorry, it leads to another question:
> were any of the Mercier team or National team Merciers
> full pink colour sc heme, eg no white or other down the ST
> ? '74 or thereabouts. say 1970 to 19 78 ?
> =a0
> Nick March, Agen, 47000 Lot et garonne
> =a0
> =a0
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:23 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
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> I was there as well.=a0 Merckx outsprinted Poulidor in the
> final straigh t t
> o take the victory, no one else was close.=a0 So if=a0 the
> photo is o f the
> finish, that is definitely Pou-Pou.
> =a0
> Regards,
> =a0
> Jerry Moos=a0=a0
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> --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Phil Brown
> <philcycles@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> From: Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
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> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 11:19 PM
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> I just found this
> http://www.flickr.com/
> and if it's the photo that's Poulidor behind him.
> Phil Brown
> Berkeley, Calif
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