Raymond Poulidor & Désiré Letort in Yellow, 1969 Tour de France Stage 6, Original Vintage Press Photo

Désiré Letort, in Yellow, rides alongside Raymond Poulidor during Stage 6 on the 1969 Tour de France,  Letort lead in the the overall at the end of Stage 5 and wore the Yellow Jersey for one day before turning it over to Eddy Merckx.

While his nickname “the eternal second” fit the Tour de France, he had a career stacked with legendary victories: 1961 Milan–San Remo, 1963 La Flèche Wallonne, 1963 Grand Prix des Nations, 1964 Vuelta a España, Critérium International (1964, 1966, 1968, 1971–72), Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1966, 1969), Paris–Nice (1972–73), and 7 stage wins at the Tour de France. What a rider!

Photo Size: 7 x 5 inches  (18 x 13 cm)

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This photograph is an original print – the real deal.