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Raymond Poulidor
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Raymond Poulidor

French Cyclist


Dead at 83 years
Birthday
Wednesday
He is born 87 years, 11 months and 14 days ago
Death date
Wednesday

He is dead since 4 years, 4 months and 16 days
Birthplace
Masbaraud-Mérignat, France
Nationality: french France
Categorie
Sportsmen » Cyclists
Birth sign: Aries
Chinese birth sign: Rat
Height

172 cm


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Raymond Poulidor (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ pulidɔʁ]; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (pronounced [pu pu]), was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for Mercier his entire career.

His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public. He was known as "The Eternal Second", because he never won the Tour de France despite finishing in second place three times, and in third place five times (including his final Tour at the age of 40). Despite his consistency, he never wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours (of which he completed 12). He did win one Grand Tour, the 1964 Vuelta a España. Of the eighteen Grand Tours that he entered in his career, he finished in the top 10 fifteen times.

Source : Wikipedia