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An Intimate Portrait of The Tour de France We've selected our favourite images from the Tour's earlier days to celebrate the world's largest annual sporting event. All posters are unframed, 23"x30", sepia-toned. Available while quantities last. Great gift idea, $14.99 each. 
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| Vervaeke and Geldhol with cigarettes, 1920's The iconic image of the Tour at a very different time. The racers share a smoke and provide a glimpse of the era: the bikes, the kits, and the camaradie. $19.99 | Ottavio Bottecchia on the Galibier, 1924 Bottecchia became the first Italian to win the Tour de France, and the first to wear the yellow jersey from start to finish! Join him, his teammate and the twenty-two hardy spectators on the Col du Galibier in the Alps. $19.99 |  | 
| Henri Colle and Charles Parel in Dalstein, 1921 Stopping for drinks on the steps of a tavern... the Tour was a bit more relaxed in the 1920's! Local children seem fascinated by the thirsty athletes from Switzerland. $19.99 | Robert Jacquinot in Holstens, 1920's Jacquinot participated in seven Tours from 1919 to 1925. His lunch break of soup, wine and a baguette is watched by a star-struck country couple who fed him. $19.99 |  | | Italian rivals Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi, 1949 After an early crash that damaged his bike, Coppi pursued Bartali with a vengeance, and finally caught the peloton. The rivals share a quiet moment. $19.99 |
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