Georges Groussard
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Georges Groussard |
| Nickname | Le Coq de Fougeres |
| Born | 22 March 1937 Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1960 | Helyett |
| 1961 | Alcyon |
| 1962–1967 | Pelforth |
| Major wins | |
| 9 days in yellow jersey | |
Georges Groussard (born 22 March 1937) is a retired French road cyclist. Groussard rode professionally from 1960 to 1967. He participated in 7 Tours de France, and wore the yellow jersey for 9 consecutive days in 1964. His best overall result was also in 1964, when he finished 5th place in the overall classification. His elder brother Joseph Groussard was also a professional cyclist.
Since 1995, the race La Georges Groussard is dedicated to him.[1]
Major results
[edit]- 1959
- Winner Mican-Morvan (amateur race)
- 1961
- 2nd place Paris–Nice
- 3rd place Tour de Luxembourg
- 1962
- Winner in Plumeliau
- 1963
- Winner in Plumeliau
- 1964
- 2nd place in French national road race championship
- 2nd place in Preslin
- 2nd place in Sévignac
Tour de France results
[edit]- 1961: 30th place
- 1962: 72nd place
- 1963: 51st place
- 1964: 5th place, 10 days in yellow jersey
- 1965: did not finish: gave up in stage 3[2]
- 1966: 30th place
- 1967: Team: France 3 (start number 127), did not finish; out of time on stage 8[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bloc'Notes: la Georges Groussard – 18 juin 2005 –". www.cyclosport.com. 31 May 2005. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Tour de France 1965 :De Deelnemers". Netherlands: tourde-france.nl. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Tour de France 1967 :De Deelnemers". Netherlands: tourde-france.nl. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georges Groussard.
- Georges Groussard at Cycling Archives (archived)
- "Palmares" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Info about the stages where Groussard wore the yellow jersey (in French)
- Official Tour de France results for Georges Groussard[permanent dead link]
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