Jesus, something about this shit is tiresome and tiring in 2016. Is it more likely that fundamental handling characteristics of racing bikes have changed for some reason, or that the bikes that road pros ride today are different because of the lack of made-to-measure frames in the Chinese plastic era? Gaulzetti mentioned handlebar shifters, as he's done before--and he's not wrong--but think about the subtle compromises of stock-geometry-for-all ladled on top of the higher, forward shifter position, and that tells you way more than the differences between a 2016 Speshy and a 1976 De Rosa. Plus not all 70s and 80s Italian/Euro frames were De Rosas or Merckxs, with some builders like Basso being known for quicker handling, and blah, blah, blah...
Didn't we settle this shit in like 1990 or so when the fantastic Tesch bikes and Eisentraut Rainbows showed everyone what a bike that fit properly but was built with quicker handling in mind would be like while other high-zoot American custom builders favored the more sedate classic Euro model, atmo?
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