Roger Pingeon (; 28 August 1940 – 19 March 2017) was a professional road bicycle racer from France.

Biography

Growing up near the Jura Mountains, he was a cross-country skier as a teenager before taking up bicycle racing. He spent two years in Algeria on military service before starting his professional cycling career relatively late. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

. In 1969, Pingeon won the

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and finished second behind

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in the

.Roger Pingeon
cyclingarchives.com He took a total of four Tour de France stage wins and finished in the top five of the race's general classification three times during his career. After retiring from competition he worked as a consultant for

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between 1979 and 1998. Pingeon died on 19 March 2017 at his home in the village of Beaupont in the

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department, about 100 km away from his hometown of Hauteville-Lompnes, after suffering a heart attack.

Career achievements

Major results

Source: ;1964 : 1st Poly Lyonnaise ;1965 : 2nd Grand Prix de la Trinité : 2nd

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: 5th

Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...

: 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 12th Overall

;1966 : 2nd Overall Critérium National ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd

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hill climb : 4th

: 8th Overall

;1967 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 5a :1st Stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg : 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 3rd Gênes–Nice : 4th Boucles de la Seine : 5th

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(with

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) : 7th Paris–Tours ;1968 : 2nd National Road Race Championship : 3rd Overall Critérium National : 3rd Grand Prix of Baden-Baden (with

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) : 3rd Mont Faron hill climb :5th Overall

::1st Stage 15 & 18 :: Jersey red number

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: 7th

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;1969 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 12 & 14b ( ITT) : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 9 : 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Mountains classification : 9th Overall Paris–Nice ;1970 : 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël : 3rd Mont Faron Hill Climb : 4th Overall Critérium National ;1971 : 3rd Trophée Baracchi (with

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) : 3rd

: 5th

;1972 : 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd Overall

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

: 5th Overall

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: 7th Overall Paris–Nice ;1974 : 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec : 1st Prix de Saint-Claud : 1st Prix de La Bastide : 3rd

Trophée des Grimpeurs The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...

: 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Grand Tour results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pingeon, Roger 1940 births 2017 deaths French male cyclists Tour de France winners French Vuelta a España stage winners French Tour de France stage winners Vuelta a España winners Sportspeople from Ain Cyclists from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes