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Everything Ebykr holds on Gitane: two articles, a Timeline of 14 dated events from 1925 to 2000 and five documents in the archive.
The history of Gitane on Ebykr.
Gitane from Marcel Bruneliere's farm-parts trade at Machecoul in 1925 through the bike boom and Renault years, with Anquetil, Hinault, Fignon and LeMond.
Grouped by format, the most read first.
A timeline of Gitane from Marcel Bruneliere's farm-parts trade at Machecoul in 1925 through Anquetil, Hinault and Renault to the Cycleurope years.
Where Gitane is named outside its own pages: four articles and 15 archive documents from four other makers and three publications.
The articles that name Gitane most often first.
…of the Saint-Étienne area during Mercier's active years. Major rivals like Peugeot and Gitane also operated in the region, creating a deep pool of skilled labor and strong tradition of bicycle engineering that…
…AB. Also included in this division are (or historically were) such storied marques as: Gitane, Peugeot, Legnano and Raleigh. Despite the corporatized ownership structure, Bianchi remains the premier brand in the…
…market share and equipped 25 professional racing teams. By 1979, Mavic partnered with Gitane-Renault to produce the Profil bike, an aero road machine featuring modified tube shapes and deep-section Mavic CXP25…
…Racing Milestone · Bernard Hinault wins the Tour de France riding the Mavic-equipped Gitane-Renault "Profil" bike, a pioneer in road aerodynamics. 1980 · Competitive Milestone · The Boston-Mavic team becomes…
Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Gitane; the biggest share first.
seven documents: six advertisements and one cover
two advertisements
one advertisement
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