In one version, he was inspired by a cycling magazine given to him by a teacher and took up the sport with two of his brothers when he was 16, without at first telling his impoverished After serving with the French Army for 28 months in North Africa, Poulidor became a professional cyclist at 24.
These victories were later followed up by winning […] If I had won the Tour, people would have talked about me much less."
A belated happy birthday to Raymond Poulidor, who was born on April, 15 1936, and died on November 13, 2019.
He finished three times second and five times third in the Tour de France, which earned him the nickname "The Eternal Second." She survives him, as do their daughters, Isabelle and Corinne, and two grandsons, David and Mathieu Van der Poel, who are both professional Poulidor did not follow through on a vow to leave the cycling world behind when he retired in 1977. We will never forget you, Raymond!" Mais qui était Gisèle, celle qui partageait la vie du célèbre coureur cycliste français ? Throughout his career, somewhat unusually, he remained with his first team, which was sponsored by Mercier, a French bicycle maker that eventually introduced a line of bikes bearing Poulidor’s name. His career also had the misfortune of overlapping with those of two unusually strong riders, Four years later Poulidor seemed well placed to finally win until Poulidor’s cautious riding style often caused him to miss opportunities, apparently out of fear that he might lose positions he had In his rivalry with Anquetil, one of the most famous At a time when fans and the cycling press conferred nicknames for stars, Poulidor became Poupou, while Anquetil was Maître Jacques.“He would have preferred to be called Pouli, as he was early on, but he came to accept his absurd nursery nickname as a compliment,” Geoffrey Nicholson wrote in “The Great Bike Race” (1977).
In his 17-year cycling career he never won the Tour, but he became celebrated as a folk hero for repeatedly coming close.Poulidor, right, rode an honor round at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris in 1964 with his longtime rival Jacques Anquetil, who won the Tour that year for a fifth time.Poulidor embracing President Emmanuel Macron of France in Saint-Martin-d’Arc in July 2017.
The Tour will never be the same without him. AuthorLeTourMoment of places08: 55 - 13 November 2019 Poulidor recorded 189 victories in his career, including seven Tour stages. In 1964 the climber won the final classification in the Tour of Spain. He never won the Tour de France, cycling’s most important race, but a series of near misses made him a favorite of French fans.Raymond Poulidor, a French cyclist who never won the Tour de France but became celebrated as a folk hero for his repeated near misses, died on Nov. 13 in a hospital outside Limoges, France.
Their sons Mathieu and David van der Poel are cyclists. Merckx, however, surpassed both men in each In 1960, the year he became a pro, Poulidor married Gisèle Bardet, who worked in the post office in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. Mercredi 13 novembre, Raymond Poulidor a rendu son dernier souffle à l'âge de 83 ans.
He died in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday at 2.00 am, writes the French sports newspaper The Tour organization responds to Twitter on the death of the former rider. Raymond Poulidor obituary: The much-loved nearly man of French cycling Despite a record eight Tour de France podium finishes he never wore leader’s yellow jersey Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 01:25. Raymond Poulidor arriving third at the 20th stage of the Tour de France in July 1976. He was a great champion but so much more than that.
We will never forget you, Raymond! The Tour will not be the same without him. In recent years, Mathieu van der Poel has also focused on mountain biking and road cycling. His daughter Corinne married the Dutch rider Adrie van der Poel.