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References
- ↑ "Pol Mahieu". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ "Tour de France 1969". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ "56ème Tour de France 1969". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012.
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