My Polhill clubmate Geoff Weightman (RIP) and I managed to infiltrate the "constructors" stand at Meerbeke that afternoon and were watching this on the TV screen. We were standing close to Briek Schotte, the long-time Flandria team boss, who'd been moved sideways and replaced by Lomme Driessens in the team car. The old ex-World Champion was shaking his head in disbelief (and perhaps a little schadenfreude?) as first Demeyer and then Freddy Maertens were beaten in the sprints for the win and for fourth place.
Francesco , quel champion ! 3 Paris Roubaix a la suite ... un exploit unique . Quand j étais petit , je voulais être Francesco m’oser et quand je fait du vélo , je prend souvent sa position , avec les bras a 90 ° . Je reviens à l enfance comme cela !
Fairly close to retirement by then, and it appears he was injured (from Wikipedia): 1976: A record seventh Milan-San Remo He opened his 1976 season with his record seventh victory in Milan-San Remo.[165] He followed with a victory in the Catalan Week, but suffered a crash in the final stage when a spectator's bag caught his handlebars, injuring his elbow.[165] This injury plagued his performance throughout the spring classic season.[165] He entered the Giro d'Italia but failed to win a stage for the first time in his career.[165] He finished the race in eighth overall while battling a saddle boil throughout the race.[165] Following the Giro's conclusion Merckx announced that he and his team Molteni would not take part in the Tour de France.[166] He took part in the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships and finished in fifth position.[166] He ended his season in October after racing for most of August.[166] He failed to win the Super Prestige Pernod International, a competition where riders were awarded points for their placements in certain professional races, for the first time since 1968.[166] In the first two months of his off-season, Merckx spent the majority of his time lying down.[166] Molteni ended their sponsorship at the end of the season.[166]
My Polhill clubmate Geoff Weightman (RIP) and I managed to infiltrate the "constructors" stand at Meerbeke that afternoon and were watching this on the TV screen. We were standing close to Briek Schotte, the long-time Flandria team boss, who'd been moved sideways and replaced by Lomme Driessens in the team car. The old ex-World Champion was shaking his head in disbelief (and perhaps a little schadenfreude?) as first Demeyer and then Freddy Maertens were beaten in the sprints for the win and for fourth place.
Francesco , quel champion ! 3 Paris Roubaix a la suite ... un exploit unique . Quand j étais petit , je voulais être Francesco m’oser et quand je fait du vélo , je prend souvent sa position , avec les bras a 90 ° . Je reviens à l enfance comme cela !
great aero positions!
Moser era uno sceriffo. Roger uomo migliore .
Where was Eddy??????
Fairly close to retirement by then, and it appears he was injured (from Wikipedia): 1976: A record seventh Milan-San Remo
He opened his 1976 season with his record seventh victory in Milan-San Remo.[165] He followed with a victory in the Catalan Week, but suffered a crash in the final stage when a spectator's bag caught his handlebars, injuring his elbow.[165] This injury plagued his performance throughout the spring classic season.[165] He entered the Giro d'Italia but failed to win a stage for the first time in his career.[165] He finished the race in eighth overall while battling a saddle boil throughout the race.[165] Following the Giro's conclusion Merckx announced that he and his team Molteni would not take part in the Tour de France.[166] He took part in the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships and finished in fifth position.[166] He ended his season in October after racing for most of August.[166] He failed to win the Super Prestige Pernod International, a competition where riders were awarded points for their placements in certain professional races, for the first time since 1968.[166] In the first two months of his off-season, Merckx spent the majority of his time lying down.[166] Molteni ended their sponsorship at the end of the season.[166]
17th @ 31 sec with Zoetemelk & Ronny De Witte.
Where's raas?
11th @ 22 sec in a group with Teirlinck, Leman, Godefroot, Verbeek, Dierickx and Dirk Baert.