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After
I started emailing with Gazelle enthusiast Martin in
Arnhem, the Netherlands I got interested in the brand's
involvement in bicycle racing.
For now mostly just a collection of cool images. |
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Above: Amateur riders from Team
Colnago, Gazelle Vredestein and Amstel Bier. |
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Left and below: Team Willem II
Gazelle |
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1960's:
Willem II - Gazelle
Earliest reference I could find
to this team is 1967. This may be one of the first years of
the Gazelle
Champion Mondial?
See also here
Famous riders:
Rik Van Looy
Harm Ottenbros
Peter Post
Rini Wagtmans
Rene Pijnen
Jo de Roo
1970's:
Frisol - Gazelle
Famous riders:
Jan Raas
Luis Ocaña
Wevelgem-Capino-Gazelle
Amateur team 1980's:
Gazelle - Campagnolo
Daf- Cote d'Or - Gazelle
Only the 1981 season?
Famous riders:
Hennie Kuiper
Roger de Vlaeminck
Adrie van der Poel
Skala-Gazelle
Gazelle-Vredestein
Amateur team
Recent years:
TVM (Gazelle)
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Right:
Jan Raas in skirmishes with a motorcycle |
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Left: Hennie Kuiper, 1981,
race unknown, but he's wearing the same outfit, all the way
down to the socks as in the Paris-Roubaix picture further
down on this page.
One can only wonder what the conersation is about?
Kuiper's legs look pretty honed, for a guy just standing
next to his bike. |
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Above:
Jo De Roo
Right: Rene Pijnen |
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Left: The other great Belgian
rider, Roger De Vlaeminck |
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Hennie Kuiper riding for Cote d'Or-DAF in the 1981 Paris Roubaix.
I don't know how he did that year, but in 1983 he finally won
after 11 attempts. He was 34 at the time. Kuiper also finished
second in the Tour de France a couple of times. |
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Left: The great but ultimately tragic Luis Ocaña here seen
on the eve of his pro career in 1977. A powerful image, conjuring
up ideas about arrogant managers in spotless suits, inner turmoil
and a beaten, tired and aging pro rider who had enough. C'est fini.
After winning the 1973 Tour de France and countless other races
Ocaña reached the point shown in the picture here. Retired
life as proprietor of his ailing vineyard was also not what the
troubled man wanted and he finally committed suicide in 1994.
Of markedly less interest compared to the human aspects, we see
on the ground Ocaña's Gazelle AA-Frame with a full Zeus 2000
group.
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