There was a time 70sLids of soft drinks and beers were thrown on the sidewalks. The façades of the bars were treasures for the children of the time. no cell phone, no tablets, no video games. The plates mimicked cyclists competing in the Tour, Vuelta or Giro. Eddy Merckx or Luis Ocaña had to be invented because the Belgian champion Molteni worked as a deli and the cyclist from Cuenca, who grew up between Val d’Aran and France, wore pens, the colors of Bic used to write or paint. , but to avoid slipping on the tiles. that’s why he What never disappointed.
this WhatIt was one of the biggest teams that existed in the cycling scene from the 50s to the late 80s of the last century, although the youngest lovers or practitioners of cycling may not be aware of it. Ocana and until it appears Reynolds (today Movistar), all the great Spanish runners have passed.
Three letter ‘jersey’ produced by the producer of soft drinks, mainly orange and lemon, in yellow and blue tones. Victoria (It was founded by Kaş. José Maria KnorrA family with business and political ties in the Basque Country) became a relic until it disappeared and became a treasure for collectors.
Well, they’re back now briefly, but above all in solidarity, so that from June, the ‘kits’, which coincide with the start of the Tour, What He was reborn in the body of cyclists on Spanish roads. And above all, the price they paid for the clothes (89 euros) will not serve to enrich the creators of the idea (expert firm Etxeondoonline store dervillage and pepsico) but to raise money for Ukrainian refugees who came to Spain with the help of the Red Cross.
Whoever installs this ‘mailbox’ (design, 80s, in the team’s second season) will know he has it on his body while helping Ukraine, which is part of the heyday of Spanish cycling history. The jersey worn by Federico Martín Bahamontes to win the Vuelta, starting in 1958. tower in 1959. And long before the cyclists What become a horror for all opponents at your disposal Dalmacio Langaricaas sports director
‘The Watchmaker of Avila’
They went there in the 60s Angelino Soler, Patxi Gabica (winner of the 1966 Vuelta) and above all great, really great Julito Jimenez‘The Clockmaker of Avila’ is one of the best mountaineers of all time. Kaş’s dress was included in the mountain’s classification. 1965 Tower. In those years, Kaş also had a brilliant collaboration with Pepe Pérez Frances, who joined the Basque squad after becoming the star of Ferrys, in which he achieved his legendary victory in the 1965 Tour stage that resulted in the Adoption to Barcelona.
They were the pioneers of the team that saw the birth of a star in Kaş of the 70s. José Manuel Fuentes‘El Tarangu’, fighting together Merckx For the 1972 Giro who finished second. The same ‘Tarangu’ that took third place on the 1973 Tour Ocana and Bernard Thévenet and Source Who won the 1972 and 1974 Vueltas.
Pesarrodona Tour
Those were the years when they shined with this solidarity ‘maillot’ outfit. Txomin Perurena, Paco Galdos, Miguel Mari Lasa, Jose Antonio Gonzalez Linares, Vicente Lopez Carril’s photo. and Josep PesarrodonaWinner of the 1976 Vuelta, all led by Antón Barrutia.
Last stage of Kas (1985-1988) had almost only one hero, Sean Kelly, great collector of glory, cyclist who won the 1988 Vuelta and nearly won if a boil the previous year didn’t keep him out of the competition. The Irish cyclist, now 65, took almost nothing in this jersey in the Spanish round as well as in Paris-Nice, Volta, Itzulia, Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix… That’s why. , now wear WhatBesides helping Ukraine, it means pedaling with the brightest weight in Spanish cycling history in tow.