[CR] Vintage TdF French tv footage on YouTube

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From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:03:49 -0400
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Subject: [CR] Vintage TdF French tv footage on YouTube


A veritable treasure trove of late 1950s-60s French tv footage has been uploaded on YouTube by the organizers of the Tour de France.

This url for an especially good segment from 1966 is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnybITlEFqI

and the others are referenced on the page

Warning: French narration, French newsreel "happy music" and loaded with Merciers, PX-10s, Aniquetil, Poulidor, Citroen and Peugeot team cars and there's not an Italian rider or bike to be seen.. I think this was the year they boycotted the Tour over anti-doping controls.

Peter Kohler

Washington DC USA