Bontempi won five stages in the 86 Giro. It's not inconceivable that he also wore the maglia rosa early on in that race. That's only a guess based on team and size.
Bret
On Tue, 06 Aug 2002 11:05:52 -0500 The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
wrote:
> The points jersey is the maglia ciclamino
> therefore not the ebay jersey. I
> stick by my earlier thought that it is one of
> the many comemorative jerseys
> that Carrera had hanging in almost all of their
> jeans shops following every
> giro won by one of their riders. As such it
> could be meant to commemorate
> Visentini (a minor sex symbol in his day in
> Italy!), Roche or Chiappucci
> (the favourite son of Italy for many years).
> There is no way that the jersey
> was worn during the giro! Somebody was had.
>
> Steven Maasland
>
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> Carrera info?
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> > Visentini wore the Maglia Rosa in both 86 and
> 87, Roche in 87. But I
> > can't see either in a size 5. My guess is
> Guido Bontempi who won the
> > points jersey in 86.
> >
> > Bret
> >
> > Don Andersen wrote:
> >
> > > No commemorative here. Visentini swapped
> the Maglia Rosa with Moser
> > > back in the early 80's (my unwillingness to
> dig into my "pile" unables
> > > me to produce the exact year). Proof is no
> further than in your
> > > bathroom, you know, where you keep your
> cycling mags. If you happen
> > > to have a recent issue of Cycle Sport, say
> July, on page one Visentini
> > > can be seen wearing said jersey while
> sitting next to Moser.
> > >
> > > Don AndersEn
> > > Stewartstown, PA
> > >
> > >
> > >> Roy asked:
> > >>
> > >> > I know of a shop that has a Tour de
> France yellow jersey with the
> > >> Carrera
> > >> > team logo. Any information on the years
> and members?
> > >>
> > >> The Carrera team ran from the the early
> 80's (I believe 84) to the
> > >> late 90's
> > >> (I believe until Pantani left in the 1997
> season.) The main riders
> > >> who could
> > >> have worn the maillot jaune of the tour de
> France are:
> > >>
> > >> Giovanni Battaglin in 1984
> > >> Stephen Roche in either 86 or 87
> > >> Claudio Chiappucci in the 1985 to 1996
> period
> > >> Marco Pantani in the 1992 to 1996 period
> > >>
> > >> I can't imagine any of these riders
> wearing a wool jersey with the
> > >> Carrera
> > >> Vagabond applied label as seen in the
> mentioned Giro jersey auction.
> > >> This
> > >> was more than likely a commemorative
> jersey that came out when
> > >> Chiappucci
> > >> was the most popular cyclist in Italy. If
> the jersey in the shop you
> > >> know is
> > >> wool, and is truly the 'ral' thing, it
> could perhaps have belonged to
> > >> Roche.
> > >>
> > >> Steven Maasland
> > >> Moorestown, NJ
> > >>
> > >>
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