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On vintage photos ... at the Kings of Pain exhibition a few years ago, there was a blown up photo on one of the side walls, which I have been trying to find a scan of ever since. My memory is of a lone rider on an unsealed road, followed by an old Citroen (I think) van/support vehicle. I do not recall any crowds - so it may have been cropped. I thought it may have been Coppi somewhere in the Dolomites, but I think it may have been the Col du Galibier (perhaps Coppi or Anquetil??). I think the rider was travelling left to right when facing the picture.
) ever since, but have yet to find what my memory pictures. (Whilst typing this ... I suppose I could e-mail Rapha and ask them).
Does anyone by chance remember this picture?
I've been searching various books (e.g., http://www.velopress.com/cycling_history.php?id=229) and the internets (