Those were available to the public, and normally came with Shimano AX and Dura Ace. The French catalogue shows one of them, but also lists the components for a Campagnolo version. The one which was raced by Hinault and the team varied slightly: The seatpost clamp was of a different design.
Here are some links to the catalogue:
http://www.gitaneusa.com/
Hope this helps. It also helps if you speak French...but being from Quebec, you should be able to do that, right?!
Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, California USA http://www.GitaneUSA.com
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From: Bobby Gallant <septilien@hotmail.com> Subject: [CR] 1980 Gitane time trial 531 reynolds aero To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Friday, February 4, 2011, 11:27 AM
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Hi everybody
I am looking for more info about this bike , like under the bb is it the fab date and size , was it produce for public or only for the team and what would have been the parts on this bike originaly , now it's a mix of dura ace and super record , and what would be the value ( yes there is a little nick on the tube ) .
Bobby Gallant
Mirabel , Québec , Canada