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Author:  barttore [ Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:57 am ]
Post subject:  Charles Pélissier

Found an article in a newspaper archive of May 7, 1938:

A bicycle racer called Charles Pélissier was presented (it seems almost at the end of his career) a bicycle by Ettore Bugati (sic) for the Paris-Tours Bicycle race of May 8th, 1938. It seems at 35 he was still able to beat several of the younger competition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_P%C3%A9lissier

The race was won by an Italian Rossi at 42,92 km/h average.

Was he cycling something like this:
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