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@kermisking
Hi Gav 86, sounds like your concorde is actual team issue and not a standard retail concorde.If there is no rider name on the top tube or under the bracket shell the name may have been removed or it may have just been a spare frame or spare bike that sat on top of the team car during races.There are two guys I know of ,both Belgian who were team mechanics for PDM.One of the guys is Marcel van der slagmolen an ex pro who rode as a domestique for Roger de Vlaeminck.The other guy is called peter and has a big bike shop in oudenaarde Belgium.These blokes might know a lot of info.
In an old Winning I have a picture of the PDM service des course with the bikes(road and time trial ,merc team cars, team buses and mechanics, soigneurs and managers all on show.All the columbus sl-slx-tsx-el etc concorde frames available to the public from the mid 80's had internal rear brake routing has this was the "in" thing at the time.The only way I can distinguish between Ciocc built and Billato built for definite is the Ciocc syle cut out on the bracket shell.The frame you have will have been made by Billato.Probably 99% of the retail high end Concordes had photo finish bosses brazed to the top tube.I can't see many people in Britain making use of this just a bit annoying if like me you want to put a zefal pump under the top tube.I hope you enjoy getting out on the bike, cheers Kermisking.