Vintage map - Tour de France 1968
Poster sold unframed but easy to frame!
This poster is sold rolled up inside a rigid protective tube. Our sizes are standard and you will easily find a frame or poster hanger (magnetic poster holder) to suit your taste!
Description
Dive into the captivating history of late-sixties cycling with this exceptional reissue of the official map of the 1968 Tour de France. Originally published as a special issue by the iconic magazine Miroir du Cyclisme, this collectible accurately maps the route of the 55th edition of the Tour de France, which took place from June 27 to July 21, 1968. This historic document traces a legendary route marked by a grand start in Vittel and cross-border incursions into Forest (Belgium), Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), and Seo de Urgel (Spain), before the final conclusion in Paris.
Printed in sepia and green, the visual offers a wealth of valuable information for vintage cycling enthusiasts. On either side of the map of France, it features a large official period chart detailing all 22 stages (and their half-stages), with blank boxes allowing you to note the general classification and the green jersey day by day. The 1968 Tour remains legendary for more than one reason: it was the last edition contested by national teams and the very first to finish on the track of the Cipale velodrome in Vincennes, crowning the imperial final victory of the Dutch Jan Janssen after a memorable final time trial against Herman Van Springel.
The nostalgic and deliciously retro charm of this document is enhanced by an incredible selection of advertisements and official sponsors of the 1968 Grande Boucle. The left border highlights bananas ("the essential food for athletes"), Pelforth 43 brown beer, as well as Le Coq Sportif associated with the Rhovyl textile thread that then equipped all the riders' jerseys. The right border is full of cult advertising boxes such as Trigano camping, Honda bicycles, Veldor sunny wine, Joker fruit juices (with their collection of wooden toys), not to mention a prompt at the bottom left to fix your map with Scotch adhesive tape.
Carefully printed on high-quality paper, this vintage Tour de France poster has retained all its original patina, making it the ideal decorative element to bring an authentic, historic, and passionate touch to the wall of a living room, office, or cycling workshop.
Creative paper
For vintage paper posters, we use a natural-toned and textured, slightly grained, 200 gsm FSC®-certified fine art paper. We chose this paper for its durability and to preserve its vintage look: it is an uncoated paper, so the colors will have an "aged" appearance that stays true to the spirit of the original card.
If you would like to get an idea of how the printed result will look, which is always different from what you see on screen, please contact us and we will be happy to help! Rest assured that we will do our utmost to respond to your request as quickly as possible!
Shipping costs
For shipping, we use Colissimo by La Poste.
You can choose your Colissimo pickup point after paying for your order (you have 10 business days to collect your order).
We recommend choosing delivery to a pickup point, as you can select the one that suits you, to avoid being delivered to a pickup point you cannot choose if you are not home for a home delivery with Colissimo.
- Mainland France : €6 to a pickup point, €8 for home delivery without signature, €9 for home delivery with signature, free delivery to a pickup point on orders over €60
- Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland): €12, free delivery on orders over €100
- United Kingdom: €18, free delivery on orders over €120
Manufacturing and delivery
For paper posters : we print to order in our workshop in Bordeaux.
- We prepare orders within 24 to 48 hours (Monday to Friday) after receipt of payment and hand over the packages on day 2/3. Colissimo then delivers within 3 to 4 days.
- If your order contains several posters, they will be shipped in a single shipping tube.
If you wish to receive your posters in separate tubes, you will need to place as many orders as desired tubes.
- Please allow a total delivery time of 5 to 7 business days to receive your order (excluding holiday periods or exceptional circumstances).
- For urgent orders, you can call us at 05 56 02 03 20 or write to us at bonjour@cartopolo.fr
For complaints related to delivery, you have a maximum of 7 days from the receipt of the package, dated by the delivery notice, to send them to us. Sending photos of the packaging, the shipping label attached to the packaging, as well as the product will facilitate the processing of your request.
Satisfied or your money back!
Not satisfied or have you changed your mind? You have 14 days from the date of receipt to return your order to us.
Once the returned product has been received by Cartopolo in perfect condition in its unopened original packaging, the refund will be issued to the credit card used for the purchase within 30 days.
Returns are only accepted for standard products from our online catalog. Any order that has been customized cannot be returned or refunded.
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