Louis Bergaud

Last updated
Louis Bergaud
Personal information
Full nameLouis Bergaud
Born (1928-11-30) 30 November 1928 (age 94)
Jaleyrac, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Major wins
2 stages Tour de France

Louis Bergaud (born 30 November 1928 in Jaleyrac) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Major results

1954
Tour de Corrèze
Tour de France:
7th place overall classification
1955
Felletin
Montluçon
Issoire
1956
Belvès
1957
Polymultipliée
Montélimar
1958
Bor-les-Orgues
Getxo
Polymultipliée
Tour de France:
9th place overall classification
Winner stage 13
1959
Circuit d'Auvergne
Pléaux
Saint-Flour
1961
Pléaux
Tour de France:
Winner stage 5


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucien Van Impe</span> Belgian cyclist

Lucien Van Impe is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucien Aimar</span> French cyclist

Lucien Aimar is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968. He is now a race organizer. He was born in Hyères, France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apo Lazaridès</span> French cyclist

Apo Lazaridès was a French champion cyclist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charly Gaul</span> Luxembourgian cyclist

Charly Gaul was a Luxembourgian professional cyclist. He was a national cyclo-cross champion, an accomplished time triallist and superb climber. His ability earned him the nickname of Angel of the Mountains in the 1958 Tour de France, which he won with four stage victories. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1956 and 1959. Gaul rode best in cold, wet weather. In later life, he became a recluse and lost much of his memory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1980 Tour de France</span> Cycling race

The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of the Tour de France. The total distance was 3,842 km (2,387 mi) over 22 stages. In the first half of the race, Bernard Hinault started out strong by winning the prologue and two stages. However, knee problems forced Hinault to abandon the race while still in the lead. Joop Zoetemelk became the new leader, and defended that position successfully. Just as in 1979, when Hinault and Zoetemelk finished nearly a half hour ahead of the rest of the field, the 1980 edition was a battle between these two riders until Hinault abandoned. At the time Hinault was just 21 seconds ahead of Zoetemelk and the race was about to enter the Pyrenees. Zoetemelk did not wear the yellow jersey during stage 13 though he did in every stage thereafter finishing the race with nearly a seven-minute advantage over second place Hennie Kuiper. It was his first Tour victory in his tenth attempt, after already having finished second in five editions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1957 Tour de France</span> Cycling race

The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 27 June to 20 July. It was composed of 22 stages over 4,669 km (2,901 mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolas Frantz</span> Luxembourgian cyclist

Nicolas Frantz was a Luxembourgish bicycle racer with 60 professional racing victories over his 12-year career. He rode for the Thomann team in 1923 and then for Alcyon-Dunlop from 1924 to 1931. He won the Tour de France in 1927 and 1928.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julián Berrendero</span> Spanish cyclist

Julián Berrendero Martín was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942. He won the 1941 race after having spent 18 months in a Francoist concentration camp. In addition, he won a total of three mountains jerseys at the Vuelta and the Tour de France

  1. “Berrendero was a marked man, a public figure who had supported the Republican cause. As soon as he reached the Spanish border, Franco’s men arrested him and threw him into a concentration camp, where he remained for 18 months. He survived the camps, which were characterized by disease, malnourishment and frequent beatings, but to what physical and mental cost? He was only 27 and should have been at the height of his cycling career.”
<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Plouhinec</span> French cyclist

Samuel Plouhinec is a French former road bicycle racer. He won stage 4 of the 2005 Tour de l'Ain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hector Heusghem</span> Belgian cyclist

Hector Heusghem was a Belgian cyclist who finished second in the 1920 and 1921 Tour de France. He also won three stages, in 1920 at Aix-en-Provence and Grenoble, in 1921 in Luchon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerben Karstens</span> Dutch cyclist (1942–2022)

Gerben Karstens was a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who won the gold medal in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, alongside Bart Zoet, Evert Dolman, and Jan Pieterse. At the same Olympics he finished 27th in the individual road race. Karstens ranks 6th in all-time stage wins in Vuelta a España history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Delisle</span> French cyclist

Raymond Delisle was a French professional road bicycle racer. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is the only rider to have won a stage of the Tour de France on 14 July, France's national day, while wearing the jersey of national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Festina (cycling team)</span>

Festina was a former professional cycling team that was active in the professional peloton from 1989 to 2001. The team was sponsored by the Swiss watch manufacturer of the same name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vicente López Carril</span> Spanish cyclist

Vicente López Carril was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist from A Coruña. He finished among the top ten riders in the overall classification of several Grand Tours and third in 1974 Tour de France. During his career he also won three stages of Tour de France, as well as a stage in both Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.

Louis Rostollan was a French professional road bicycle racer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Mottiat</span> Belgian cyclist

Louis Mottiat was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Mottiat was born in Bouffioulx, and because of his endurance was nicknamed 'the iron man'. His career was interrupted by World War I. He died in Gilly, aged 82.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nairo Quintana</span> Colombian road cyclist

Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas, ODB, is a Colombian racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Yates</span> English racing cyclist (born 1992)

Adam Richard Yates is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. Yates placed fourth overall at the 2016 Tour de France and became the first British rider to win the young rider classification, one year ahead of his twin brother Simon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Meintjes</span> South African cyclist

Louis Meintjes is a South African cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Circus–Wanty. He won the South African National Road Race Championships in 2014, and has finished 8th overall in the Tour de France, on 3 occasions in 2016, 2017 and 2022. He has also finished 10th overall at the 2015 Vuelta a España, and won a stage at the 2022 Vuelta a España.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint-Raphaël (cycling team)</span>

Saint-Raphaël was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1954 to 1964. Its main sponsor was French apéritif brand Saint-Raphaël. From 1959 to 1961, a sister team existed, Rapha–Gitane–Dunlop. One of its champion riders was Jacques Anquetil.