Sylvain Vasseur

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Sylvain Vasseur
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Vasseur in the 1976 Tour de France
Personal information
Born (1946-02-28) 28 February 1946 (age 78)
Capelle-les-Grands, France
Team information
Current teamRetired
RoleRider
Professional teams
1969–1974 Bic
1975 Super Ser
1976–1977 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo

Sylvain Vasseur (born 28 February 1946) is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in six editions of the Tour de France. [1]

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Major results

Source: [2]

1969
6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
7th Circuit des Frontières
1972
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Nord
5th Overall Étoile des Espoirs
7th GP de Fourmies
1973
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Luxembourg
1st Stage 3
1974
5th Overall Critérium National de la Route
8th Overall Tour de l'Aude
8th Circuit des Frontières
9th Bordeaux–Paris
1975
3rd Circuit des Frontières
10th Overall Paris–Nice
1977
9th Circuit de l'Indre

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1970197119721973197419751976
Jersey yellow.svg Vuelta a España 52 64 DNF 27
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia Did not Contest during Career
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 95 35 53 51 44 60
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQDisqualified

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References

  1. "Sylvain Vasseur". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. "Sylvain Vasseur". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.