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Christian Raymond

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Christian Raymond
Raymond at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir
Personal information
Full nameChristian Raymond
Born (1943-12-24) 24 December 1943 (age 80)
Avrillé, France
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
1965–1973Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1974–1975Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1970)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  France
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1973 San Sebastián Motor-paced

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'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

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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

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  1. ^ "Christian Raymond Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. ^ Nicholson, Geoffrey (1991), Le Tour, Hodder and Stoughton, UK, ISBN 0-340-54268-3, p136
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ ZeStory, Tour de France
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