Old Photos

[Peter]

This thread is useless without words.

WW, is the bottom one Super-Mario?

[welshwheels]

yes that is super mario

[red marley]

Reminds me of the start of the Cotswold Corker.

[Cudzoziemiec]

But no Woodbines!

Great photos though. I especially like the one which I presume is Paris-Roubaix, but they're all good.

[frankly frankie]

I'm guessing Fleche Wallonne

[Gus]

It's Koppenberg in Tour de Flandres.
Here is another good one from it :

[Cudzoziemiec]

That's another great photo.^

But I was talking about this one:

I've no idea who the rider is, btw. I dare say that deserves a 

[welshwheels]

sorry about the lack of words they are from  friend on facebook who sent them to me apart from that being super mario I am unsure of any of the other riders and time /place etc  obviously 2 of them are from the spring classics but which ones to be exact are your guess as good as mine ?

[welshwheels]

It's Koppenberg in Tour de Flandres.
Here is another good one from it :

thanks guss

[Gus]

That's another great photo.^

But I was talking about this one:

I've no idea who the rider is, btw. I dare say that deserves a 

A search on the web and I found the picture. It's Roger de Vlaeminck in Paris Roubaix. It must be taken between 1973-1977 when he rode on the Brooklyn team.

[Ian H]

I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.

Ian on the Hoylake photograph?

Yes...but...

[Cudzoziemiec]

Thanks, Gus. Yes, I've actually heard of him!

[welshwheels]

I do not know the year I am sure that is hinnault giving some protesters who were trying to stop the race a lesson in right hooks

[Rimnod]

I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.

Ian on the Hoylake photograph?

Yes...but...

go on, you cannot leave it hanging..............

[Peter]

I do not know the year I am sure that is hinnault giving some protesters who were trying to stop the race a lesson in right hooks

Certainly looks like Hinault; he rode for that team which was a health-food company, I think.  I remember there was some kind of protest but Hinault's reaction looks pretty extreme;you could kill someone with a bare-knuckle punch like that and he certainly doesn't look as if he was doing it in self-defence.  Do you know what happened?

[philip]

It was the "La Vie Claire" team.

http://inrng.com/2012/03/the-story-of-the-hinault-photo/

[welshwheels]

thanks for the link philip brilliant find  hinault did not hesitate to throw the first punch 

[Ian H]

Phil Anderson is the Panasonic rider.

[Ian H]

I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.

Ian on the Hoylake photograph?

Yes...but...

go on, you cannot leave it hanging..............

(it was a joke. Even Drew isn't that old, though some of his bikes are)

[welshwheels]

classic castelli they do not make ads like this anymore 

[Blodwyn Pig]

classic castelli they do not make ads like this anymore 

Well she certainly popped his cork.!

[Rimnod]

I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.

Ian on the Hoylake photograph?

Yes...but...

go on, you cannot leave it hanging..............

(it was a joke. Even Drew isn't that old, though some of his bikes are)

 

[Biff]

I do not know the year I am sure that is hinnault giving some protesters who were trying to stop the race a lesson in right hooks

1984 Paris-Nice.  [nerd] The Safir rider in the background is Ronny Van Holen [/nerd]

[Cudzoziemiec]

^Possibly a rare occasion when the riders might have benefited from helmets! 

[Ray 6701]

^Possibly a rare occasion when the riders spectators might have benefited from helmets! 

FTFY