Raymond Poulidor

Raymond Poulidor (born the April 15th 1936 with Masbaraud-Mérignat, in the department of the Digs) is a runner cyclist French entered the legend as “an eternal second” of Jacques Anquetil in the years " 60" then of Eddy Merckx in the years " 70". At the 20th century, it is one of the most popular personalities in France. At the beginning of the 21e century, “Poupou” still starts applause nourished at the time of its passages within the caravan of the Tour de France.

Professional cyclist between 1960 and 1977. It thus could run with Louison Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault. It is in contract with “Cycles Draper” during all his career, under various denominations: “Draper-BP” (1960-1967), “Fagor-Draper” (1970-1971), “Gan-Draper” (1972-1976) and “Miko-Draper” (1977).

The competition Jacques Anquetil - Poulidor is one of the great oppositions of the French sport of the Années 1960. With in point of organ a combat neck and neck on the slopes of the Puy de Dôme in the Turn 1964. The Merckx competition - Poulidor intervenes in the years " 70". " Poupou" gain a historical victory in Paris-Nice 1972 but inclines itself in the Turn 1974 in spite of a victory with Pla-in Adet.

Winner of 189 races whose Milan-San-Rémo, Vuelta, the Nations, classified n°1 world with the Super prestige, Raymond Poulidor forever gained the Tour de France 14 participations, nor even carried the yellow jersey would be this one day. Winner of 7 stages on the Lathe, it fails 14 seconds of the yellow jersey at the top of Puy de Dôme in 1964, or 8/100 of second at the time of the prolog of 1973!

" poulidoristes" affirm that it should have gained at least 3 Turns of France, without its falls and punctures in 1964, the help " étonnant" of Anglade with Gimondi in Ventoux in 1965, and especially the motor bike which reversed it in 1968, forcing it to give up in Aurillac whereas the victory was promised to him.

Excel even exceptional in coast, very good wheeler, it gains on all the grounds. It misses the technique of the sprint and undoubtedly a little defect to enrich its prize list more. But according to Antonin Magne, its first sport director, Raymond Poulidor had all the virtues of the champion, in particular that never not to make a pact with a foreign runner with its team.

Nonconcerned by doping in 17 years of career, it is one of the runners more the races of the years " 60" and " 70". And also one the most admired of. As if the public had understood that it was located in the sphere of largest failing to have known all the dedications.

In 2004 left its memories Poulidor by Poulidor with complicity Jean-Paul Brouchon and the foreword of Eddy Merckx.

Prize list

Principal performances

  • Super-Prestige 1964 (classified n°1 world)

  • Nice-Seillans 1969, Mount Faron 1961 and 1966, Paris-Nice 1972 and 1973, Milan San Rémo 1961, National Critérium 1964,1966,1968,1971 and 1972, Montjuich 1965,1967 and 1968, Week Catalan woman 1971, Arrow Wallone 1963, Week End inhabitant of the Ardennes 1963, Turn of Spain 1964, Dauphine 1966 and 1969, Midi Libre 1973, Gold Bowl 1963 and 1967, Championship of France 1961, Grand Prix of the Nations 1963, Grand Prix of Lugano 1963, Critérium of the Aces 1972, Star of the Hopes 1971, Through Lausanne 1967

  • Stages of the Tour de France: Aix-the-baths 1962, Luchon 1964 (Anquetil distance), Châteaulin 1965 (c.l.m.), Mount Ventoux 1965 (Gimondi distance), Valley-the-Baths 1966 (c.l.m. beats Anquetil), Parc of the Princes 1967 (c.l.m.), Pla-in Adet 1974 (Merckx distance)

  • Stages of the Turn of Spain: Valladolid 1964 (c.l.m.), Collar of Pajares 1965 (c.l.m.), San Sebastien 1965, Vitoria 1967 (c.l.m.)

  • Stages of Paris-Nice: Oporto Vecchio 1964, the Russet-red Island 1966 (c.l.m. beats Anquetil), 1st stage 1969 (c.l.m. beats Merckx), collar of Eze 1972 (c.l.m. beats Merckx)

  • 2edu Tour de France 1964,1965 and 1974, 2nd of the Championship of the world 1974, 2nd of Turn-Versailles 1976

  • 3edu Turn of Lombardy 1966 and 1967, 3rd of Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1968

Classifications

  • Pernod Super-Prestige: 1964

  • Mendrisio d' Or: 1974
  • Challenge Yellow (Sédis): 1961,1963,1964,1966,1969,1972,1973
  • Pernod Prestige: 1964,1966,1969,1972
  • Pernod Promotion (- 25 years): 1960,1961
  • Champion of the French champions the Team : 1974

Stage races

  • 7 victories of stages over the Tour de France

  • Turn of Spain: 1964
  • 4 victories of stages over the Turn of Spain
  • Paris-Nice: 1972 (in front of Merckx), 1973
  • 4 victories of stages over Paris-Nice
  • the Classification of best climbing of Paris-Nice: 1962
  • Critérium of Dauphine released: 1966, 1969
  • 6 victories of stages over the Critérium of Dauphine released (2 stages 1964, c.l.m. 1966,2 c.l.m. 1969,1 stage 1974)
  • Classification of the best sprinter of Critérium of Dauphine released: 1974
  • of the Ardennes Weekend: 1963
  • Grand Prix of Midi Libre: 1973
  • Catalan Week: 1971
  • 3 victories of stages over the Catalan Week (2 c.l.m. 1970, Montjuich c.l.m. 1972)
  • the Classification of best climbing of the Catalan Week: 1971
  • National Critérium (triptych): 1964,1966
  • 4 victory of stages over the National Critérium (hill climb in 1963 and 1965, c.l.m. in 1964 and 1966)
  • Climbing of Montjuich: 1965 (in front of Bahamontes), 1967,1968
  • 2 victories of stage c.l.m. of the Climbing of Montjuich
  • Star of the hopes: 1971
  • 1 victory of stage of the Star of the hopes
  • 1 victory of stage over the Turn of South-east (Carpentras 1960)
  • 2 victories of stages over the Circuit of of Provence the (Mount Ventoux 1964 and 1965)
  • 1 victory of stage of the Turn of Belgium
  • Prolog of the Turn of Romandie (1974)
  • 1 victory of stage of the Four days of Dunkirk
  • 1 victory of stage of Paris-Luxembourg
  • 1 victory of stage of the Turn of the Pays Basque
  • the Classification of best climbing of the Turn of Pays Basque: 1969
  • 1 victory of stage of the Turn of the Limousin
  • Test c.l.m. of Polymultipliée: 1968
  • Test c.l.m. of the Trophy of the Summits: 1977

Races on line and counter the watch

  • Milan-San Remo: 1961

  • Walloon Arrow: 1963
  • Championship of France: 1961
  • National Critérium on line: 1968,1971,1972
  • Grand Prix of the Nations (c.l.m.): 1963
  • Grand Prix of Lugano (c.l.m.): 1963
  • Mount Faron (c.l.m.): 1961,1966
  • Critérium of the Aces (derny): 1972
  • Through Lausanne (hill climb): 1967 (in front of Merckx)
  • Bowl of Gold of Monédières: 1963,1967
  • Arrate (hill climb): 1966,1968
  • Mount Bald person (hill climb): 1972
  • Nice-Seillans (turn of the high-VAr): 1969
  • Bordeaux-Holy: 1960

Critériums

  • Critérium of Callac: 1965,1972

  • Critérium de Châteaulin: 1967
  • Race with American of the Omnium of Cherbourg: 1974 (with Patrick Sercu)
  • Cyclo-cross of Fontenay-sous-Bois: 1966 (with Jean Graczyk, Olympic vice-champion of continuation by teams in 1956 and Lauréat of the Super Prestige Pernod 1960)

Second places

Third places

Results on the Tour de France

Results on the Turn of Spain

Decoration

  • Chevalier of the Legion of Honor: January 25th, 1973

Quotations

  • In connection with the Tour de France 1971, in which it did not take part: “I preceded it in order to recognize the course and to give my impressions to a radio. But never I did not feel so foreign in my medium which is that of the bicycle and the competition. ” (source: The Cycling team, June 1974).

Anecdotes

  • Raymond Poulidor forever carried the yellow jersey (légence obliges) nor that with pea (created only in 1975 in its end of a career), but it covered the green shirt at the time of the first stage of the Turn 1973 having finished second of the prolog. The photographs of poupou as a better sprinter of the Turn are a collector.
  • It could not have carried the white shirt of the best young person (if there had existed in the years " 60") because it was already 26 years old at the time of its first participation in the Turn, having had to make 2 years and half of military service before engaging its professional path.

  • "Poupou" is the eleventh cyclist to be gone up on the podium of a stage of the Tour de France at least 10 years after a first victory of stage. It is by gaining the 16th stage of the Tour de France 1974 (its 7th) between Seo de Urgel and Saint-Lary-Soulan that it joins again with the victory seven years after his 6th victory of stage and 12 years after its first success on the Grande Boucle.

Jean Alavoine, Henri Pelissier, Philippe Thys, Louis Mottiat, Andre Leducq, Antonin Magne, Rene Vietto, Gino Bartali, Andre Darrigade and Jean Stablinski are the first to have made a success of this exploit. Then they are Felice Gimondi, Gerben Karstens, Ferdinand Bracke, Joaquim Agostinho, Lucien Van Impe, Lance Armstrong, Richard Virenque and Cédric Vasseur which is illustrated in this prize list.

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