Raymond Poulidor

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human professional cyclist road racing cyclist

Raymond Poulidor was a celebrated French professional cyclist, famously nicknamed "The Eternal Second" for his many podium finishes in major races, especially the Tour de France, without ever winning it.

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Raymond Poulidor canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional cyclist ⓘ
road racing cyclist ⓘ
awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Legion of Honour
causeOfDeath pulmonary edema ⓘ
child Corinne Poulidor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-04-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-11-13 ⓘ
discipline road ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
firstTourDeFranceParticipation 1962 ⓘ
grandchild David van der Poel ⓘ
Mathieu van der Poel ⓘ
GrandTourGeneralClassificationWins 1 ⓘ
height 1.73 m ⓘ
lastTourDeFranceParticipation 1976 ⓘ
name Raymond Poulidor self-link ⓘ
nickname Poupou ⓘ
The Eternal Second ⓘ
notableFor multiple podium finishes in the Tour de France ⓘ
never winning the Tour de France despite many attempts ⓘ
numberOfTourDeFranceStarts 14 ⓘ
occupation cyclist ⓘ
participatedIn Giro d'Italia ⓘ
Tour de France ⓘ
Vuelta a España ⓘ
placeOfBirth Masbaraud-Mérignat, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France
postRetirementActivity cycling commentator ⓘ
public relations for Crédit Lyonnais at the Tour de France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France
retired 1977 ⓘ
rival Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Jacques Anquetil ⓘ
role rider ⓘ
sport road bicycle racing ⓘ
spouse Corinne Poulidor ⓘ
surface form: Gisèle Poulidor
team Gan–Mercier ⓘ
Mercier–BP–Hutchinson ⓘ
TourDeFranceOverallPodiums 8 ⓘ
TourDeFranceSecondPlaces 3 ⓘ
TourDeFranceThirdPlaces 5 ⓘ
turnedProfessional 1960 ⓘ
won 1961 Grand Prix du Midi Libre ⓘ
Milan–San Remo ⓘ
surface form: 1961 Milan–San Remo

1963 La Flèche Wallonne ⓘ
Paris–Nice 1963 ⓘ
surface form: 1963 Paris–Nice

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1964 ⓘ
surface form: 1964 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1964 French National Road Race Championships ⓘ
1964 Vuelta a España ⓘ
1965 Grand Prix du Midi Libre ⓘ
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1966 ⓘ
surface form: 1966 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1968 Grand Prix du Midi Libre ⓘ
1969 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ⓘ
1972 Paris–Nice ⓘ

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Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1963 → secondPlace → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1965 → overallWinner → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1965 → mountainsClassificationWinner → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Paris–Nice 1963 → thirdPlace → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Raymond Poulidor → name → Raymond Poulidor self-link ⓘ
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1966 → winner → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1966 → generalClassificationWinner → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1966 → mountainsClassificationWinner → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Paris–Nice 1962 → thirdPlace → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ
Rik Van Looy → notableRival → Raymond Poulidor ⓘ