Friends,
Custom frame builder Mauricio Rebolledo has Luis "Lucho" Herrera's Colombian national team 1985 Tour de France bikes. Luis Herrera won the King of the Mountain jersey, setting a record in the process. Rebolledo, whose family is from Colombia, received the bike from his uncle, Rafael Herrera (no relation to Luis). who then worked for Colombia's National Federation of Coffee Growers, a major team sponsor, and won the bike in a post-Tour raffle.
I met Mauricio at the first NAHMB Show in San Jose years ago, and found out about this bike and Mauricio's personal link to it. Mauricio is now looking for info on Luis Herrera's KOM bike, which can be seen here:
http://www.rebolledocycles.com/
Here is Mauricio's message from that page:
In the 1985 Tour de France, a Colombian cyclist named Luis \u201cLucho\u201d
Herrera won the King of the Mountains competition setting a record points total for the polka-dot jersey. He rode for Colombia\u2019s national twenty-two man cycling team that was sponsored by Varta Batteries and the National Federation of Coffee Growers. They were known as the Varta-Café de Colombia team. I got these details from Kings of the Mountains: How Colombia\u2019s Cycling Heroes Changed Their
Nation\u2019s History, written by Matt Rendell. Please read this book\u2026
My uncle, Rafael Herrera, no relation to Luis Herrera, was working for the National Federation of Coffee Growers when they sponsored the
cycling team. Upon their return to Colombia, the team bicycles were raffled off to the employees of the National Federation of Coffee Growers. My uncle won one of the bikes that Luis Herrera road to victory in the mountains of France that year. When my uncle learned that I was building frames he decided to give the bike to me.
It is a Vitus with a complete Mavic parts group and appears to have the original tubular tires. I plan to do a very minimal restoration, not much more than light cleaning and assembly. I\u2019m looking for information and any images of Lucho in the 1985 Tour de France to put
together a detailed history of the bike and his victory that year. If
you know of any good resources on the 1985 Tour de France, please contact me. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for helping Mauricio out with this piece of bike racing and family history. You can reach him at:
Rebolledo Cycles P.O. Box 1628 Glen Ellen, CA 95442 PH 707.293.3062
http://www.rebolledocycles.com/
Regards,
Jon Spangler
Alameda, CA USA