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Nov 15, 2019 · French Bicycle racer Raymond Poulidor wins the Individual time trial course of the 22th stage of the 1967 Tour de France, on July 23, 1967 in Paris. Image credit: Getty Images.
Apr 27, 2020 · The passing of Raymond Poulidor marks the end of an era. Obituaries and tributes remember a man as the eternal runner-up. At 83, he was a cycling workingman’s hero who never won the big one. A French favorite who personified panache but had the bad luck of racing first against Jacques Anquetil and later Eddy Merckx.
Oct 10, 2023 · French legend Raymond Poulidor, who turns 80 on April 15, undeniably falls into the later group. Poulidor was never one of the sport’s great winners—he was even a legendary loser—but his 18-year career left an irrefutable imprint on the sport through its courage and determination.
Raymond Poulidor was born to Martial and Maria Poulidor, crop-sharing farmers, in Masbaraud-Merignat, Creuse, central France. Forced to leave school aged 14 and work on the family farm, he noted ...
Nov 16, 2019 · Raymond Poulidor, who has died aged 83, became France’s most popular cycle racer – and arguably its most best-loved sportsman – through his valiant, near-perennial failure to win the country ...
Nov 19, 2019 · Les obsèques de Raymond #Poulidor se sont déroulées ce mardi dans son village de Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, en présence de sa famille, de Bernard Hinault et de Bernard Thévenet, également la ...
Raymond Poulidor naît le 15 avril 1936 à Masbaraud-Mérignat, dans la Creuse.Ses parents, Martial Poulidor (1899-1970) et Marie Marguerite Montlaron (1903-1996 [1]), y sont métayers, au domaine des Gouttes.
