Christian Raymond (born 24 December 1943) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 1970 Raymond won a stage in the 1970 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
 Raymond at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christian Raymond | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1943 Avrillé, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1965–1973 | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Raymond's 12-year-old daughter was the source of the nickname of the great cyclist Eddy Merckx. Raymond was a rider in the Peugeot team in 1969. When he explained to his daughter how the race had gone, she said: "That Belgian, he doesn't even leave you the crumbs... he's a cannibal." The nickname stuck.[2][3][4]
Major results
edit- 1964
- 1st Overall Route de France
- 1st Stages 6 & 7
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Avenir
- 1965
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 3rd Manx Trophy
- 10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1966
- 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 1967
- 5th GP Ouest-France
- 6th Critérium International
- 1969
- 2nd Ronde de Seignelay
- 8th Critérium International
- 1970
- 1st Stage 19 Tour de France
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 10th Critérium International
- 1971
- 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
- 3rd Overall Tour de Corse
- 1st Stage 1a
- 1972
- 1st Prologue (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Paris–Camembert
- 5th Critérium International
- 1974
- 1st Circuit des genêts verts
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Critérium International
- 3rd Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
References
edit- ^ "Christian Raymond Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Nicholson, Geoffrey (1991), Le Tour, Hodder and Stoughton, UK, ISBN 0-340-54268-3, p136
- ^ Sitting-In, Bicycling. 4 April 2008. A Legendary Lunch - A simple conversation over the midday meal illuminates one of the mysteries of Eddy Merckx. by Bill Strickland Archived 13 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ZeStory, Tour de France
External links
edit- Christian Raymond at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Christian Raymond at ProCyclingStats
- Christian Raymond at CycleBase
- Christian Raymond at Olympedia
- Official Tour de France results for Christian Raymond
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