Jacques Esclassan (born 3 September 1948) is a

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former

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

who won the green jersey in the

1977 Tour de France The 1977 Tour de France was the 64th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 30 June and 24 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . Lucien Van Impe, the winner of the previous year, wanted to repeat his victory and going i ...

. He also won five stages in Tour de France and a stage in Vuelta a España.

Major results

;1972 :Paris - Troyes ;1973 :Rodez : Vuelta a España: ::Winner stage 9B ;1974 :Alès : Étoile de Bessèges :Périgueux ;1975 :Bain-de-Bretagne : Critérium International :Méréville :Quilan :Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence :Castres :Saclas-Mereville : Tour de France: ::Winner stage 4 ;1976 :Dunières :Ronde de Seignelay :Ambarès : Tour de France: ::Winner stage 8 ;1977 :Bagneux :Ile-sur-Tet :Castres : Tour de France: :: Jersey green

Winner points classification ::Winner stage 5A ;1978 :Auzances :La Palmyre :Oradour-sur-Glane :Quilan :Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence :Saint-Claud : Tour de France: ::Winner stages 2 and 12B :GP de Peymeinade ;1979 :GP Monaco

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* * * 1948 births Living people People from Castres French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners French Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Tarn (department) Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region) {{France-cycling-bio-1940s-stub