Retro Cycling Shorts Gitane - REDTED
In 1973, the Gitane-Frigécrème cycling team was a French cycling team in which Joop Zoetemelk was the team leader. The team was sponsored by Gitane, a bicycle manufacturer, and Frigécrème, an ice cream and dairy manufacturer. Gitane was a prominent name in cycling and sponsored several cycling teams between 1948 and 1979, including the Gitane-Frigécrème cycling team. Joop Zoetemelk finished second in the overall classification of the Tour de France with Gitane-Frigécrème in 1973, behind Eddy Merckx. Other famous riders in the Gitane-Frigécrème team in 1973 were Gerard Vianen, Gibert Bellone,Jean-Claude Largeau and Michel Wright.