Pic of the Day Saturday, August 1, 2009
Two Top Touriste-Routier at the 1933 Tour de France
These two "touriste-routiers", Giuseppe Martano (Italy) and Vicente Trueba (Spain), had a big influence on the 1933 Tour de France. Martano (left) was a danger-man in the alps, threatening the yellow jersey of Georges Speicher, while petite climber Trueba (right) became the first "King of the Mountains". In Paris Speicher retained his overall victory, Martano was on the final podium in third place, and Trueba, a.k.a. "The Flea of Torrelavega" finished 6th.
Note Martano's beautiful Frejus jersey, slices of rubber innertubes securing
the water bottles, and what looks like hundreds of feet of cloth tape
padding his drops, wrapping his brake lever hoods, and adding some grip to
his brake levers.
>From "Match l'Intran" No.361, 8 August 1933.
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