Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra team Domex Weinmann

olmo30 a écrit:Les premiers modèles en 1965 réalisé par Supéria, ensuite en 1966 par Peugeot, 1967 Masi et Peugeot, 1968 Masi, 1969 Charles Terryn, 1969  Guiseppe Pela, de 1971 à 1973 Colnago et Kessels, 1974 1976 Kessels ou De Rosa, 1977-78 De Rosa et ensuite?

albo a écrit:C’est quoi le coup mafieux ?
Raconte!
Envoye du rêve et de l’anecdote!!
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If anything, Maertens is equally frustrated that he did manage to win the worlds already in 1973, a defeat he claims was a result of the budding rivalry between component manufacturers Shimano and Campagnolo. “That was the first year that Flandria rode Shimano, and before the start of the race, Campagnolo made it clear that they did not want Shimano rider winning. I’ll never forget. We were all out training on Thursday and the boss of Campagnolo came over to us and made it very clear, “Shimano may not win!”

According to Maertens, a series of events ensued during the race that only cemented such a scenario. “First Merckx attacked early, maybe 80 kilometers from the finish, and I was the only rider to bridge up to him. But as soon as he saw me there, he stopped riding. I didn’t understand because before the race I made it very clear that I would ride for Eddy. I told him. ‘I will be happy when you win and I finish second.’”

Complications continued in the final when Maertens found himself with Italian Felice Gimondi, Spaniard Luis Ocaña, and Merckx, all of who were racing on Campagnolo-equipped bikes. “First Merckx asked me to lead out the sprint, but Eddy couldn’t come around me. Then Gimondi rode me into the barriers. He clearly cut me off. But when I went to my team to complain and ask them to protest, they simply said, ‘No we cannot do that to our Italian friends.’ That’s not an answer! And it was incredibly frustrating at the time. But hey, I did win two times after that nevertheless!”