Bernard Thevenet (1973)

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.