Raymond Poulidor

Raymond Poulidor

Poulidor at the 1966 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Poulidor
Nickname	Poupou The Eternal Second
Born	(1936-04-15)15 April 1936 Masbaraud-Mérignat, France
Died	13 November 2019(2019-11-13) (aged 83) Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España General classification (1964) 4 individual stages Tour de France 7 individual stages Stage races Critérium International (1964, 1966, 1968, 1971–72) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1966, 1969) Paris–Nice (1972–73) One-day races and Classics Milan–San Remo (1961) La Flèche Wallonne (1963) Grand Prix des Nations (1963)

Raymond Poulidor (15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou", was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for Mercier his entire career.

He never once 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.

On 13 November 2019, Raymond Poulidor died in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat of pulmonary edema. He had been in a hospital for two months prior, having suffered from heart problems.

Raymond Poulidor Media

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  Poulidor at the 1966 Tour de France

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  Raymond Poulidor en 1968 - PANINI 1968/1979, n°162

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  Poulidor at the 1976 Tour de France

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  Poulidor at the 2004 Tour de France

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  Differenty colored cycling jerseys as used in different cycling contests*pink jersey. Used by: * overall leader in Giro d'Italia

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  Differenty colored cycling jerseys as used in different cycling contests*yellow jersey. Used by: * Overall leader in Tour de France * Overall leader in Tour de Suisse * Youth leader in Eneco Pro Tour * Overall leader in

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