Serge Bolley

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Serge Bolley
Personal information
Born (1944-12-03) 3 December 1944 (age 79) [1]
Villeurbanne, France [2]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1967–1971 [3] Bic–Hutchinson [4]
1972 Gitane–Campagnolo

Serge Bolley (born 3 December 1944) [5] is a French former professional cyclist. [6]

Contents

Biography

Serge was born in Villeurbanne, France on December 3, 1944. [7] He participated in three Tour de France editions. [8]

Career

In addition to his stage victory in the Vuelta a Mallorca in 1967, he took third place in the fourth stage of the 1968 Tour de France. [9] In 1969, he finished second in the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain. He was teammate of Jacques Anquetil. His last result was 39th place in stage 14b during the 1972 Tour de France. [10]

Major results

1966
2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
2nd Tour du Vaucluse
1967
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Mallorca
1970
1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

Grand Tour results

Tour de France

Vuelta a España

Giro d'Italia

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References

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