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Good question. It looks like it was made for the old style of front changer. It has a cable stop, into which you probably put a piece of outer cable and then run it to the front changer. I used to have an old campag changer which worked like this, and I have an old Sun Tour AR front changer which is similar. Have a look at your front changer and see if there is a little boss which takes the outer cable, and which then allows the inner cable from there up to the pinch bolt. If there is, then this would work.
If not, then you need to get something that looks more like the one you have in your picture. Alternatively, you can run the cables under the bottom bracket, using a plastic tunnel like this: http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=NP09501 They are a couple of quid, but you need to drill a little hole in the bottom bracket, and then use a little self-tapping screw to hold it in place.