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References
- ↑ "Romano Piancastelli". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ↑ "Tour de France 1964". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ↑ "51ème Tour de France 1964". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
