Bottle cap fame

on December 02, 2010

Jose Luis Laquia's (top) very cool collectible bottle cap.

Three others including Marc Sergeant!

I suppose baseball trading cards are one of the earliest forms of sports memorabilia. The Japanese came out with the first sets in the late 1800s. I featured a recent post on a rare Steve Bauer card here.

The old world of cycling is definitely in Europe. I discovered a fun and interesting collection of cycling heroes from the past on the back of pop bottle caps. I could only make out the names of Marc Sergeant and Jose Luis Laguia.

Laguia holds an unique record in the Vuelta. He is the five time record holder of the mountain classification. Riding for the famous Reynolds squad (1980-1989) he won consecutively in; 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985 & 1986.

Laguia's Vuelta Mountain Jersey's...