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Roger Pingeon

Personal information

Full name

Roger Pingeon

Born

August 28, 1940 (age 71)
Hauteville, France

Team information

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Major wins

1967 Tour de France
1969 Vuelta a España

Infobox last updated on
May 24, 2008

Roger Pingeon (born August 28, 1940 in Hauteville) is a retired professional road bicycle racer from France. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the Tour de France. In 1969, Pingeon won the Vuelta a España and came second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France.^[1]

Major achievements

1964^[1]: 1st, Poly Lyonnaise
1965: 5th, Grand Prix des Nations; 5th overall, Dauphiné Libéré; 12th overall, Tour de France
1966 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 8th overall, Tour de France
1967 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 1st overall and Stage 5a win, Tour de France
1968 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 5th overall and Stage 15 and 18 wins, Tour de France; 2nd, France National Road Race Championship; 7th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1969 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 1st overall, 2nd KoM, and Stage 12 and 14b wins, Vuelta a España; 2nd overall, 2nd KoM, and Stage 9 win, Tour de France; KoM, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1970 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 2nd overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1972 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 1st, Stage 1, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré; 2nd overall and 3rd points classification, Tour de Suisse; 5th overall, Tour de Romandie
1973 – Rokado: -
1974 – Jobo-Lejeune: 1st, Grand Prix de Plumelec; 1st, Prix de Saint-Claud; 1st, Prix de La Bastide

Grand Tour results timeline

	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Tour	12	8	1	5	2	DNF-7B	DNE	DNF-9	DNE	11
Stages won	0	0	1	2	1	0	—	0	—	0
Mountains classification	15	9	5	4	2	NR	—	NR	—	NR
Points classification	17	NR	8	11	4	NR	—	NR	—	NR
Giro	DNE	DNE	DNF	DNF	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mountains classification	—	—	NR	NR	—	—	—	—	—	—
Points classification	N/A	—	NR	NR	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	1	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNF-5	DNE
Stages won	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	0	—
Mountains classification	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	NR	—
Points classification	—	—	—	—	NR	—	—	—	NR	—

Legend
1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did Not Enter
DNF-x	Did Not Finish (retired on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not Ranked in this classification

v · d · e Winners of the general classification in the Tour de France

1903–1919	1903 Maurice Garin • 1904 Henri Cornet • 1905 Louis Trousselier • 1906 René Pottier • 1907–1908 Lucien Petit-Breton • 1909 François Faber • 1910 Octave Lapize • 1911 Gustave Garrigou • 1912 Odile Defraye • 1913–14 Philippe Thys • 1915–18 World War I • 1919 Firmin Lambot

1920–1939	1920 Philippe Thys • 1921 Léon Scieur • 1922 Firmin Lambot • 1923 Henri Pélissier • 1924–25 Ottavio Bottecchia • 1926 Lucien Buysse • 1927–28 Nicolas Frantz • 1929 Maurice De Waele • 1930 André Leducq • 1931 Antonin Magne • 1932 André Leducq • 1933 Georges Speicher • 1934 Antonin Magne • 1935 Romain Maes • 1936 Sylvère Maes • 1937 Roger Lapébie • 1938 Gino Bartali • 1939 Sylvère Maes

1940–1959	1940–46 World War II • 1947 Jean Robic • 1948 Gino Bartali • 1949 Fausto Coppi • 1950 Ferdinand Kübler • 1951 Hugo Koblet • 1952 Fausto Coppi • 1953–55 Louison Bobet • 1956 Roger Walkowiak • 1957 Jacques Anquetil • 1958 Charly Gaul • 1959 Federico Bahamontes

1960–1979	1960 Gastone Nencini • 1961–64 Jacques Anquetil • 1965 Felice Gimondi • 1966 Lucien Aimar • 1967 Roger Pingeon • 1968 Jan Janssen • 1969–72 Eddy Merckx • 1973 Luis Ocaña • 1974 Eddy Merckx • 1975 Bernard Thévenet • 1976 Lucien Van Impe • 1977 Bernard Thévenet • 1978–79 Bernard Hinault

1980–1999	1980 Joop Zoetemelk • 1981–82 Bernard Hinault • 1983–84 Laurent Fignon • 1985 Bernard Hinault • 1986 Greg LeMond • 1987 Stephen Roche • 1988 Pedro Delgado • 1989–90 Greg LeMond • 1991–95 Miguel Indurain • 1996 Bjarne Riis • 1997 Jan Ullrich • 1998 Marco Pantani • 1999–... Lance Armstrong

2000–present	...–2005 Lance Armstrong • 2006 Óscar Pereiro • 2007 Alberto Contador • 2008 Carlos Sastre • 2009–10 Alberto Contador • 2011 Cadel Evans

Tour de France combativity award winners

1956 André Darrigade • 1957 Nicolas Barone • 1958 Federico Bahamontes • 1959 Gérard Saint • 1960 Jean Graczyk • 1961 Team West-Southwest • 1962 Eddy Pauwels • 1963 Rik van Looy • 1964 Henry Anglade • 1965 Felice Gimondi • 1966 Rudi Altig • 1967 Désiré Letort • 1968 Roger Pingeon • 1969–1970 Eddy Merckx • 1971 Luis Ocaña • 1972 Cyrille Guimard • 1973 Luis Ocaña • 1974–1975 Eddy Merckx • 1976 Raymond Delisle • 1977 Gerrie Knetemann • 1978 Paul Wellens • 1979 Hennie Kuiper • 1980 Christian Levavasseur • 1981 Bernard Hinault • 1982 Régis Clère • 1983 Serge Demierre • 1984 Bernard Hinault • 1985 Maarten Ducrot • 1986 Bernard Hinault • 1987 Régis Clère • 1988 Jérôme Simon • 1989 Laurent Fignon • 1990 Eduardo Chozas • 1991–1992 Claudio Chiappucci • 1993 Massimo Ghirotto • 1994 Eros Poli • 1995 Hernán Buenahora • 1996–1997 Richard Virenque • 1998–1999 Jacky Durand • 2000 Erik Dekker • 2001–2002 Laurent Jalabert • 2003 Alexander Vinokourov • 2004 Richard Virenque • 2005 Óscar Pereiro • 2006 David de la Fuente • 2007 Amets Txurruka • 2008 Sylvain Chavanel • 2009 None • 2010 Sylvain Chavanel • 2011 Jérémy Roy

Vuelta a España winners of the General classification

1935–36 Gustaaf Deloor • 1937–40 Spanish Civil War • 1941–42 Julián Berrendero • 1943–44 World War II • 1945 Delio Rodríguez • 1946 Dalmacio Langarica • 1947 Edward Van Dijck • 1948 Bernardo Ruiz • 1949 Race not held • 1950 Emilio Rodríguez • 1951–54 Race not held • 1955 Jean Dotto • 1956 Angelo Conterno • 1957 Jesús Loroño • 1958 Jean Stablinski • 1959 Antonio Suárez • 1960 Frans De Mulder • 1961 Angelino Soler • 1962 Rudi Altig • 1963 Jacques Anquetil • 1964 Raymond Poulidor • 1965 Rolf Wolfshohl • 1966 Francisco Gabica • 1967 Jan Janssen • 1968 Felice Gimondi • 1969 Roger Pingeon • 1970 Luis Ocaña • 1971 Ferdinand Bracke • 1972 José Manuel Fuente • 1973 Eddy Merckx • 1974 José Manuel Fuente • 1975 Agustín Tamames • 1976 José Pesarrodona • 1977 Freddy Maertens • 1978 Bernard Hinault • 1979 Joop Zoetemelk • 1980 Faustino Ruperez • 1981 Giovanni Battaglin • 1982 Marino Lejarreta • 1983 Bernard Hinault • 1984 Éric Caritoux • 1985 Pedro Delgado • 1986 Álvaro Pino • 1987 Luis Herrera • 1988 Sean Kelly • 1989 Pedro Delgado • 1990 Marco Giovannetti • 1991 Melcior Mauri • 1992–93–94 Tony Rominger • 1995 Laurent Jalabert • 1996–97 Alex Zülle • 1998 Abraham Olano • 1999 Jan Ullrich • 2000 Roberto Heras • 2001 Ángel Casero • 2002 Aitor González • 2003–04 Roberto Heras • 2005 Denis Menchov • 2006 Alexander Vinokourov • 2007 Denis Menchov • 2008 Alberto Contador • 2009 Alejandro Valverde • 2010 Vincenzo Nibali • 2011 Juan José Cobo

References

^ ^a ^b http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfichestats.php?coureurid=3880

Persondata
Name	Pingeon, Roger
Alternative names
Short description	French racing cyclist
Date of birth	August 28, 1940
Place of birth	Hauteville, France
Date of death
Place of death