<![CDATA[Peugeot team rider (1970-1979) --> Bernard Thevenet]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=24360 en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:11:18 -0600 120 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=24396 <![CDATA[Peugeot team rider (1970-1979) --> Bernard Thevenet]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=24360 <![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1975)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=73533 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=73533
A wonderful publicity shot from the later stages of the 1975 Tour de France, and one which represents a true “Line of Champions”. Depicted from left to right in the front row: Feliice Gimondi (Bianchi) winner of the 1965 Tour, Bernard Thevenet (Peugeot-BP-Michelin in the Maillot Jaune) winner of the Tour in both 1975 and 1977, Lucien Van Impe (Gitane in the Maillot a Pois Rouges or Polka Dots jersey) winner of the 1976 Tour, Joop Zoetemelk (GAN-Mercier) winner of the 1980 Tour, and Eddy Merckx (Team Molteni with the Rainbow Stripes as reigning World Champion) a five time Tour winner from 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1974.

This particular photo was culled from the 1975 Tour de France Facebook feed.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 03 May 2015 17:30:19 -0600
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1974)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=45506 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=45506
1974 saw the very first World Championship Road Racing competition held outside the European continent with the 41st such event being hosted by Montreal, Canada on August 25th of that year. Over a grueling course that would ultimately see but eighteen of the original sixty-six entrants complete, Bernard Thevenet (...wearing the Maillot Tricolore as reigning French National Champion) managed a solo breakaway some 100 kilometers from the finish. Seen here yet still well away in the lead, Thevenet set a blistering pace but was eventually caught on the last lap with some 7 kilometers to go by a pack of five riders which included Eddy Merckx, Herman Van Springel, Raymond Poulidor, Giacinto Santambrogio, and Mariano Martinez. In the end, it would be the indomitable Merckx who bested none other than a thirty-eight year old Pou-Pou (...the “eternal second”) by a slim 2 seconds in a sprint for the Rainbow Jersey. Bernard Thevenet would finish in fifth place overall - a more than respectable performance, especially in consideration of the fact that his 1974 season had to that point been almost entirely wiped out due to a nasty case of shingles (...a condition which had prompted his withdrawal from the Tour de France only a month earlier).

The original of the photograph seen here was taken by Phil Brown of Oakland, CA who has been generous enough to allow use of said image as reproduced herein for the benefit of the vintage cycling community as a whole.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:24:59 -0700
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1972)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=43914 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=43914
Bernard Thevenet seen here in what I believe to be a decidedly earlier photograph as opposed to an image actually contemporary of the publication date of the magazine upon which it appears. The picture in question was used on the cover of the July 26th, 1975 issue of Télé 7 Jours (...a weekly French language publication covering radio and television programming) which happens to feature a brief article on Bernard Thevenet. Of course, both the cover photo and the article itself were understandable opportunism at its jingoistic best inasmuch as only one week earlier Thevenet had solidified his status as true national hero by beating the vaunted Eddy Merckx and thus preventing his Belgian rival from upstaging Jacques Anquetil’s record for career Tour wins while at the same time becoming the first Frenchman to prevail in the Tour de France in seven long years.

There are several reasons why I am inclined to believe that what we see here is a 1972 vintage "stock" photograph as used on this occasion by Télé 7 Jours. First of all, the bicycle itself is an iconic black and white chequerboard motif Peugeot PX-10 model and not the later Silver colored PY-10 model as issued to and ridden by Peugeot-BP-Michelin team members commencing with the Grand Prix du Midi-Libri held in May of 1974 and continuing on thereafter up until the actual date of this publication (...and that, of course, would most definitely include Thevenet’s 1975 Tour win). Secondly, on only two occasions was Thevenet assigned an entrant number of 43 (...note the number plate on his bike) while at the same time Evian was an official Tour sponsor (...note the pink colored Evian water bottle) - and that would have been in 1972 and 1973. However, the down tube graphics on Peugeot-BP-Michelin team bikes circa 1973 were different than that which can be seen here, the lugs on those team bikes used in the 1973 Tour de France were painted white and not the more typical contrasting black, and several individual components including the front and rear derailleurs, shift levers, and brake levers were also of a later type. Furthermore, it is notable that Thevenet rode the 1973 Tour while wearing the Maillot Tricolore as reigning French National Champion as opposed to an official Peugeot-BP-Michelin team jersey like the one seen in this photograph. On the other hand, all of those details evident in this image (...Evian water bottle, 43 entrant number, early style down tube graphics, black painted lugs, Simplex Criterium derailleurs, MAFAC 121 brake levers, and standard issue team jersey) are absolutely consistent with what Bernard Thevenet both rode and wore throughout the 1972 edition of the Tour de France when he finished in ninth place for the general classification.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:29:19 -0700
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1970)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=43903 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=43903
Given his somewhat sudden and unexpected Tour de France debut in 1970, Bernard Thevenet made an impressive showing winning outright the mountainous 135.5 kilometer stage 18 (Saint Gaudens - La Monique) and finishing a more than respectable thirty-fifth place overall in the general classification.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:44:45 -0700
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1970)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=41257 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=41257
Given his somewhat sudden and unexpected Tour de France debut in 1970, Bernard Thevenet made an impressive showing winning outright the mountainous 135.5 kilometer stage 18 (Saint Gaudens-La Monique) and finishing a more than respectable thirty-fifth place overall in the general classification.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:47:21 -0600
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1973)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=40458 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=40458
Bernard Thevenet won the 1973 François le Championnat (...the French National Road Race Championship) and with it the right to wear the Maillot Tricolore, or in other words, the jersey of the French National Champion which he pointedly chose to don throughout that year’s Tour de France competition. He is seen here, however, clad in the more typical Peugeot-BP-Michelin team colors astride his Peugeot model PX-10 racing bicycle. This particular photograph was originally published within the pages of Tele Poche as part of a brief series depicting various French sports heroes.

Tele Poche itself originated as a weekly French language print publication and later added a complementary electronic media presence in the form of its own website, both of which principally detail upcoming television scheduling and programming in addition to offering original articles generally pertaining to the entertainment industry. It would rightly be considered something akin to what is known as the TV Guide here in the United States.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:41:46 -0600
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1979) - Autographed]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=40047 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=40047
An autographed publicity card from 1979 showing Peugeot-Esso-Michelin team rider Bernard Thevenet.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:41:00 -0700
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1977) - Autographed]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=39868 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=39868
An autographed publicity card from 1977 showing Peugeot-Esso-Michelin team rider Bernard Thevenet.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:38:40 -0700
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1977)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=39468 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=39468
Bernard Thevenet essentially sealed his second career Tour victory during the 1977 Tour de France with a stage 20 (Dijon - Dijon) win in the 50 km long individual time trial - coming home in 1 hour, 10 minutes, and 45 seconds. In the process, Thevenet would deny Hennie Kuiper of team TI-Raleigh, who was at the time sitting in second place overall in the Tour’s general classification, his last best opportunity to claim the Maillot Jaune for himself by taking a decisive 28 seconds out of the talented Dutchman.]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 22 May 2011 01:06:12 -0600
<![CDATA[Bernard Thevenet (1975)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=39465 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=39465
1975 Tour de France - stage 17 (Valloire - Morzine Avoriaz) - 225 km mountain climb including the La Madeleine, Aravis, La Colombiere and the Avoriaz]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:18:07 -0600