[CR] Ocana and Fuente TdF 1973

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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:12:48 +0000
From: <gholl@optonline.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Ocana and Fuente TdF 1973


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Despite an encounter with a dog early in the race, Ocana won the 1973 Tour de France ( Bic Team) Is that a Speedwell? Fuente (still with KAS) finished third in the GC. Note his nice bike-cool colors. He retired from racing in 1975. KAS is a Spanish soft drink company ( now owned by Pepsico) which originated in Vitoria (a Basque city), among whose virtues was a very ardent support of cycle racing. Otherwise it was unpalatable and suitable only for mixing with other liquids whose flavor it easily polluted.
George
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA