Friday 17 November 2017

Postgirot Open 1984

So... Now that I am up and if not running, then at least walking (slowly) with this blog again, why not continue with our series about Postgirot Open memorabilia? (If you want, you can check out the previous posts by clicking in the list just to the right, or click here.) We have now arrived in 1984, the third time the race was held. Does it show in the memorabilia from this year? Well... Um, no. Or judge for yourselves.

The post cards (and stickers, there were stickers made with the exact same motif) are a quite simple affair. It simply says "Postgirot Open - The biggest bicycle party in the Nordic countries, the 13th to 20th of June 1984", and then there's a picture of Tommy Prim. Tommy Prim was born in 1955 and was a professional road racer, who won a stage in the 1980 Giro d'Italia, came second in the 1981 and 1982 Giro d'Italia, won the 1983 Paris-Brussels and also won the Postgirot Open in 1982 and 1983. As far as I know he's retired now, and never used dope during his career. Respect to Tommy Prim. I think he looks pretty cool too, in that yellow Postgirot/Bianchi Piaggio jersey, riding a celeste Bianchi.



Other than that there's not much to say. The Postgirot Open really hadn't found their style or graphic design in in 1984, but it's not too bad. Just a bit boring. Ride safe!