Vintage map - Tour de France 1978
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
Celebrate a pivotal edition of the Grande Boucle with this magnificent reissue of the vintage 1978 Tour de France poster. Originally published by the renowned Miroir du Cyclisme magazine, this unique collector's item takes the form of a superb, richly illustrated “Tourist Map of France,” featuring regional coats of arms, monuments, and traditional maritime motifs. It provides an exceptionally comprehensive map of the 65th edition of the Tour de France, held from June 29 to July 23, 1978.
This valuable archival document traces a legendary route that begins with an international prologue in Leiden, Netherlands, crosses Belgium via Saint-Willebrord and Brussels, then Switzerland via Lausanne, before forming a massive loop through France, passing through Bordeaux, Biarritz, Toulouse, Saint-Lary-Soulan, the Puy de Dôme, Alpe d'Huez, and Morzine, and concluding with the final triumphant finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. A detailed legend at the top of the map allows you to precisely identify the types of events (start cities, routes, road stages, individual or team time trials, rest days), while a large table on the left border lists all 22 stages, with boxes provided to record the winner and the general classification for each day. This 1978 edition remains legendary in the history of vintage cycling, as it marked the very first victory of “Le Blaireau,” Bernard Hinault, who forged the beginning of his immense myth there.
The inimitable retro aesthetic of this visual is highlighted by its wide royal blue border, emblematic of the late 1970s, and its superb lower advertising section dedicated to the legendary racing frame tube brand Reynolds. The banner showcases its three series of extra-light, reliable, and high-performance tubes, notably the famous Reynolds 753, proclaimed “the champions' tube, the tube you will demand.”
Carefully reprinted on high-quality paper, this vintage Tour de France poster brings a historical, nostalgic, and elegant touch, ideal for passionately decorating 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.
If you have any doubts or questions about a product before purchasing it, we recommend contacting us via our contact form or by phone. We will do our utmost to respond as quickly as possible!