Jean Dotto
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Baptiste Dotto |
| Nickname | Le Vigneron de Cabasse |
| Born | 27 March 1928 St-Nazaire, France |
| Died | 20 February 2000 (aged 71) Ollioules, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 1948-1950 | Independent (semi-professional) |
| 1950 | Urago |
| 1951-1953 | France Sport Dunlop |
| 1953 | Magnat-Debon-Wolber |
| 1954 | Magnat-Debon |
| 1954 | Terrot-Hutchinson |
| 1955 | Vampire d'Alessandro |
| 1956 | St-Raphaël-Dunlop-Geminiani |
| 1957-1959 | Liberia Hutchinson |
| 1960-1962 | Liberia-Grammont |
| 1963 | Margnat-Paloma |
| Major wins | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1952, 1960) 1955 Vuelta a España | |
Jean-Baptiste Dotto (27 March 1928, in St-Nazaire – 20 February 2000, in Ollioules, France[1]) was the first French racing cyclist to win the Vuelta a España. He rode the Tour de France 13 times, coming fourth in 1954.
Jean Dotto was born with Italian nationality. He became French in 1937.[1] Dotto was a good climber. He became an independent, or semi-professional, in 1948 and won a race up Mont Ventoux[2] that year and won Marseille-Toulon-Marseille and the climb of La Turbie, near Nice in 1950. He turned professional in 1951 for France-Sport-Dunlop and won five races, including three hill climbs, in his first season. He rode until 1963, winning 35 races,[2] including the Dauphiné-Libéré twice. He won stage 19 of the 1954 Tour de France and next year won the Vuelta by beating Julio Jiménez of Spain and Raphaël Géminiani of France.
Of his era, he said: "We took amphetamine but not all the year. That allowed us to win and it wasn't very dangerous."[3]
Major results
[edit]- 1952
- 1st, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 8th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1954
- 4th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 19, Briançon > Aix-les-Bains (221 km)
- 1955
1st, Overall, Vuelta a España- 1956 – Sud-Est
- 19th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1957
- 10th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1958 – Centre-Midi
- DNF Stage 23, Tour de France
- 3rd, Climbers Classification
- 1959
- 15th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1960
- 1st, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 35th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1961
- 8th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1962
- 58th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1963
- 28th, Overall, Tour de France
References
[edit]- ^ a b Memoire du Cyclisme, Rider history, Jean-Baptiste Dotto Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Velo Club, Rider database, article on Jean-Baptiste Dotto Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cyclisme Dopage, Les aveux -Après la fin de leur carrière (mais sans remord...) (Confessions - After the end of their careers (but without remorse ...), Jean-Baptiste Dotto
External links
[edit]- Jean Dotto at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Official Tour de France results for Jean Dotto
