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Frames and forks of Tour de l'Avenir and Trim Trophy (late called Formula) are identical: 3 main tubes Reynolds 531 plain gauge, forks and stays "PB" steel, cheaper (shorter points) lugs, BB shell, fork crown, dropouts, less braze-ons.
Only difference is decals.
Also Race Trophy is the same, except for the short dropouts without eyelets.
Tour de l'Avenir is a complete OTP bike
Trim and Race Trophy just frame sets
Both brazed, painted and assembled in Gazelles lightweight devision, in the same way as the more expensive Champion Mondial (full 531 and higher) series.
The one pictures seems to be an older model. I guess a repainted model. As far as I can remember, the first series were not available in white 67.
It's an older model, because of the 3 brake cable guides on top of the t/t. Not the 2 cable stoppers as on the later models.
Besides the cable guides, also the geometry of the frame is a bit different.
The older frames have a geometry more like the "race" models of the big factory (Tour de France, Vuelta, ...) with lower BB-shell and some other differences.
Newer frames have Champion Mondial raing geometry.
Enough ?