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{{Short description|French cyclist (1936–2019)}}
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| name          = Raymond Poulidor
| image         = Raymond Poulidor, Tour de France 1966 (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Poulidor at the [[1966 Tour de France]]
| fullname      = Raymond Poulidor
| nickname      = Pou-Pou<br />The Eternal Second<ref name="cw_death">{{cite news |last1=Ballinger |first1=Alex |title=Tour de France legend Raymond Poulidor has died |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/tour-de-france-legend-raymond-poulidor-died-442340 |access-date=13 November 2019 |work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |date=13 November 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1936|4|15|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Masbaraud-Mérignat]], France
| death_date    = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|11|13|1936|4|15}}
| death_place   = [[Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat]], France
| height        = {{height|m=1.73}}<ref name="dopagedemondenard">{{cite web|url=https://dopagedemondenard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hommage-a-poulidor-rayons-hydratation-et-alimentation-3e-volet.pdf|quote=Il convient de tenir compte que Raymond Poulidor appartient à la catégorie des athlètes puissants (taille : 1 m 73, poids de forme : 71 kg, pulsations : 52, tension : 12,5/7).|title=HOMMAGE POUPOU – RAYON INCIDENTS (BLOG 3)|website=dopagedemondenard.com|page=8|language=French|access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="PCS"/>
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| currentteam   =
| discipline    = Road
| role          = Rider
| ridertype     = [[Glossary of cycling#all-rounder|All-rounder]]
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| amateurteam1  =
| proyears1     = 1960–1977
| proteam1      = {{UCI team code|Mercier|1960}}
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::7 individual stages ([[1962 Tour de France|1962]], [[1964 Tour de France|1964]], [[1965 Tour de France|1965]], [[1966 Tour de France|1966]], [[1967 Tour de France|1967]], [[1974 Tour de France|1974]])
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::'''[[General classification in the Vuelta a España|General classification]]''' ([[1964 Vuelta a España|1964]])
::4 individual stages ([[1964 Vuelta a España|1964]], [[1965 Vuelta a España|1965]], [[1967 Vuelta a España|1967]])
'''[[Race stage|Stage races]]'''
:[[Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]] ([[1966 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|1966]], [[1969 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|1969]])
:[[Paris–Nice]] ([[1972 Paris–Nice|1972]], [[1973 Paris–Nice|1973]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[French National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1961)}}
:[[Milan–San Remo]] ([[1961 Milan–San Remo|1961]])
:[[La Flèche Wallonne]] ([[1963 La Flèche Wallonne|1963]])
| medaltemplates =
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1974 UCI Road World Championships|1974 Montréal]]|[[1974 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1961 UCI Road World Championships|1961 Bern]]|[[1961 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1964 UCI Road World Championships|1964 Sallanches]]|[[1964 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1966 UCI Road World Championships|1966 Nürburgring]]|[[1966 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]}}
}}

'''Raymond Poulidor''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁɛmɔ̃ pulidɔʁ}}; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "'''Pou-Pou'''" ({{IPA|fr|pu pu|pron}}), was a French professional [[road bicycle racing|racing cyclist]], who rode for {{UCI team code|Mercier}} his entire career.

His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – [[Jacques Anquetil]] and [[Eddy Merckx]]. This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public. He was known as "'''The Eternal Second'''", because he never won the [[Tour de France]] despite finishing in second place three times, and in third place five times (including his final Tour at the age of 40). Despite his consistency, he never wore the yellow jersey as leader of the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]] in 14 Tours (of which he completed 12). He did win one [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]], the [[1964 Vuelta a España]]. Of the eighteen Grand Tours that he entered in his career, he finished in the top 10 fifteen times.

==Early life and amateur career==
Raymond Poulidor was the son of Martial and Maria Poulidor, small farmers outside the hamlet of [[Masbaraud-Mérignat]], where the [[Creuse]] region east of [[Limoges]] meets the [[département]] of [[Haute-Vienne]].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last1=Fotheringham |first1=William |author-link1=William Fotheringham |title=Raymond Poulidor obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/13/raymond-poulidor-obituary |access-date=15 November 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 November 2019}}</ref> Poulidor began working on the farm where, he remembered, "the soil was poor and we had to work hard; farming incomes were poor."<ref name=Colin>Colin, Jacques (2001): ''Paroles de Peloton'', Éditions Solar, France</ref> The need for working hands on the farm meant he left school at 14 even though he wanted to continue his studies. Local entertainment went little further than village fairs, with coconut shies, sack-races, competitions for bottles of home-made jam... and inter-village cycle races.<ref name=Colin/> Poulidor continued to help out on his parents' farm even after he turned professional.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=Eric |title=Selling the Yellow Jersey: The Tour de France in the Global Era |date=2015 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago, IL |isbn=978-0-226-20653-0 |page=98}}</ref>

Poulidor was given his first bike by a local shop owner at the age of 14.{{sfn|Fife|1999|p=101}} He started racing bicycles at the age of 16, picking up the interest from the magazine ''Miroir-Sprint'' given to him by one of his school teachers. He initially hid his passion from his mother, who was afraid of the dangers the sport entailed.<ref name="guardian"/>

It was only when Poulidor was taken into the army for compulsory [[national service]] in 1955 that he first travelled in a train. [[Pierre Chany]], a French reporter who followed 49 Tours de France, drew the comparison with Poulidor's eventual rival, [[Jacques Anquetil]]: by the time Poulidor first stepped into a train, Anquetil had already been to [[Helsinki]], ridden the [[Olympic Games]], won a medal for France, turned professional and won the [[Grand Prix des Nations]]. Yet there was less than two years between them.<ref>Penot, Christophe (1996), ''Pierre Chany, l'homme aux 50 Tour de France'', Éditions Cristel, France</ref>

The army sent Poulidor to the war then going on in [[Algeria]], where he worked as a driver and put on 12&nbsp;kg through lack of exercise. In 1960 he dedicated himself to cycling again and lost the weight in a month. He won his first race after army service by six minutes. When he then came second in the GP de Peyrat-le-Château and won 80,000 old francs, he calculated that he had won more in one race than he would have earned in six years on the farm.<ref name=Colin/>

==Professional career==
Poulidor turned professional in 1960 with the [[Mercier (cycling team)|Mercier team]],<ref name=guardian/> directed by former Tour winner [[Antonin Magne]]. Magne offered Poulidor 25,000 old francs a month. Poulidor asked for 30,000. Magne countered that that was more than he paid Gauthier and Louis Privat and refused. Later, aware that he had a rival for Anquetil, he conceded.<ref name="ReferenceA">''L'indemodable'', L'Équipe, France, 27 June 2003</ref>

In just his second season, Poulidor won [[1961 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]], one of cycling's "[[Classic cycle races#Cycling monuments|monument classics]]". {{convert|125|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the finish, he was about to abandon after he suffered a puncture and was two minutes behind the leading riders. Magne convinced him to continue and Poulidor bridged the gap. On the climb of the Capo Berta, he attacked, joined by [[Albertus Geldermans]] and teammate [[Jean-Claude Annaert]], who set the tempo until they reached the foot of the final climb, the Poggio. Here, Poulidor attacked again and opened a gap. Despite being guided in the wrong direction by a police man in the final corner, he was able to hold off the chasing field by three seconds to take the victory.{{sfn|Cossins|2015|pp=266–267}} Also in 1961, he became [[French National Road Race Championships|French road race champion]].<ref name=cn_death/><ref name=guardian/>

===The Anquetil years===
[[File:Tour de France , nummer 20 Poulidor in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 919-3002.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Poulidor at the [[1966 Tour de France]]]]
Poulidor's rivalry with Anquetil is a legend in cycling. While a good climber, Poulidor had a hard time matching Anquetil in the [[individual time trial]], often having victory snatched from him by losing time in time-trial stages of the Tour de France.

Poulidor's riding style was aggressive and attacking, whereas Anquetil preferred to control the race in the mountains and win time in the time-trials. Poulidor became the darling of the French public, to the ire of Anquetil. Poulidor's mid-France upbringing and his slow Limousin speech also contrasted with Anquetil's northern background and sharper accent. Poulidor's face was deeply tanned and furrowed; Anquetil had high cheekbones, a smoother face and brushed-up blond hair.

Poulidor's best chance of defeating Anquetil came in the [[1964 Tour de France]], in the finish on the [[Puy de Dôme]]. Anquetil rode beside Poulidor but both were so exhausted that only in the last few hundred metres could Poulidor take nearly enough time to threaten Anquetil's first place in the general classification.<ref name=tour>Le Tour m'a tout donné, ''L'Équipe'', France, 13 July 2004</ref> The Tour organiser, [[Jacques Goddet]], was behind the pair as they turned off the main road and climbed through what police estimated as half a million spectators.

Anquetil rode on the inside by the mountain wall while Poulidor took the outer edge by the precipice. They could sometimes feel the other's hot gasps on their bare arms. At the end, Anquetil cracked, after a battle of wills and legs so intense that at times they banged elbows. Poulidor says he was so tired that he has no memory of the two touching, although a photograph<ref>The negative has vanished, which Poulidor said added to the "mystery of Poulidor; Le Tour m'a tout donné", ''L'Équipe'', France, 13 July 2004</ref> shows that they did.<ref name=tour/> Of Anquetil, the veteran French reporter Pierre Chany wrote: "His face, until then purple, lost all its colour; the sweat ran down in drops through the creases of his cheeks." Anquetil was only semiconscious, he said. Poulidor gained time but when they reached Paris, Anquetil still had a 55-second lead and won his last Tour de France thanks to the time-trial on the final day.

===Anquetil-Poulidor: the social significance===
Anquetil unfailingly beat Poulidor in the Tour de France and yet Poulidor remained the more popular. "The more unlucky I was, the more the public liked me and the more money I earned", he said.<ref name=tour/> Divisions between fans became marked, which two sociologists studying the impact of the Tour on French society say became emblematic of France old and new. Research showed that more than 4,000 newspaper articles appeared about him in France in just 1974 and that no other rider "had ever incited so many sociological investigations, so many university theses, seeking to find the cause of his prodigious popularity."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

===Poupou, the nickname===
[[File:Raymond Poulidor en 1968.jpg|thumb|upright|Poulidor in 1968]]
Poulidor's original nickname was Pouli. It was Émile Besson<ref>Émile Besson joined the [[French Resistance|Resistance]], became a [[French Communist Party|communist]] and worked all his life for the communist press, first the Union Française d'Information and then the daily paper, ''L'Humanité''. He started as a messenger and ended on Humanité's sports desk, where he stayed until he retired in 1987. He pioneered western interest in the [[Peace Race]], run between Warsaw, Berlin and Prague and at one time the biggest amateur race in the world.</ref> of the daily newspaper ''[[L'Humanité]]'' who first wrote of Poupou. The name was taken up throughout France, leading to headlines such as "Poupoularité" in ''[[L'Équipe]]''. A ''poupée'' is a doll and the nickname hints at that and follows the French tradition of repeating the first syllable of a word in childspeak. Poulidor never liked the name but accepted it.

===The Merckx years===
[[File:Raymond Poulidor - Tour 1976.jpg|thumb|Poulidor at the [[1976 Tour de France]]]]
The end of the Anquetil era presented opportunities for Poulidor to finally win the Tour de France. This was not to be due to injuries in 1967 and 1968, and the arrival of [[Eddy Merckx]] in 1969. Poulidor was no match for Merckx, although he offered much resistance.

In the [[1973 Tour de France|1973 Tour]] Poulidor almost lost his life on the descent from the [[Col de Portet d'Aspet]] when he plunged into a ravine, taking a serious blow to the head and crawling out with the help of the race director, [[Jacques Goddet]].

===Poulidor and Dr Mabuse===
Antonin Magne remained manager of Poulidor's Mercier team until 1970, when he was replaced by another former rider, Louis Caput. Caput brought with him as deputy [[directeur sportif]] a man who described himself as a homeopath, [[Bernard Sainz]].
Sainz is known in cycling as [[Dr Mabuse]], after a pulp-fiction character created by Norbert Jacques. Mabuse is a criminal mastermind who becomes rich through hypnotic powers. He plots to take over the world but is foiled by the police. From his cell he masterminds criminal plots by writing endless gibberish. Sainz recognises the nickname and used it in the name of his autobiography.<ref>Sainz, Bernard (2000): ''Les Stupéfiantes Révélations du Dr Mabuse'', J.C. Lattes, France</ref>

Sainz is a former [[velodrome]] rider of national level who stopped racing after a fall and became involved in horse racing, where he was twice convicted of maltreating horses. It was in horse-racing, where he turned unremarkable animals into champions,{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} that he acquired his nickname. He has been repeatedly investigated by police and has been convicted of illegally practising medicine and incitement to doping. Sainz claims that he only engages in homeopathic treatment, though whatever methods he engages in are effective, casting doubt on this claim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=5005374|title = Cycling adviser in doping scandal sent to prison|date = 18 March 2010}}</ref>

Louis Caput approached Edmond Mercier, the bicycle-maker behind Poulidor's team, and asked to bring Sainz into the team management. Mercier agreed, said Sainz, because he was already treating Mercier for his own health problems. Mercier had also brought in the insurance company, GAN, as main sponsor. GAN, said Sainz, demanded that Poulidor be in the team photo even if all he did was train with the team at the start of the season. In 1971 Poulidor had decided against riding any more. The tactic, Sainz said, was bluff, to increase his motivation. In [[Paris–Nice]], the first important stage race of the season, Poulidor was 22 seconds behind [[Eddy Merckx]] on the morning of the last day. Poulidor attacked from the start, setting a speed record on the Col de la Turbie that stood for more than 10 years and won Paris–Nice by two seconds. Next year he won Paris–Nice again and also the [[Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]].

==Drug testing==
Raymond Poulidor was the first rider to be tested for drugs in the Tour de France.<ref name=Poulidor>Poulidor, Raymond: "J'appartiens à la légende", ''L'Équipe'', France, 12 July 1999</ref> Testers arrived at the Tour for the first time in 1966, in [[Bordeaux]], although only after word had spread and many riders had left their hotels. The first competitor they found was Poulidor.<ref name=Poulidor/>

A few other riders were found, including [[Rik Van Looy]], and some obliged and others refused. Next morning, the race left the city on the way to the [[Pyrenees]] and stopped in the suburb of Gradignan, in the university area of La House. The riders climbed off and began walking, shouting protests in general and in particular abuse at the race doctor, [[Pierre Dumas]], whom some demanded should also take a test to see if he'd been drinking wine or taking aspirin to make his own job easier. Riders also criticised Poulidor for accepting to be tested. He dismissed their protests and stayed at the back of the strike. Other prominent riders, including Jacques Anquetil, were at the front. Poulidor said his indifference to the controls and the strike harmed his relations with fellow riders. "After that, they did me no favours in the peloton", he said.<ref name=tour />

==Retirement and death==
[[File:Poulidor.jpg|thumb|upright|Poulidor at the [[2004 Tour de France]]]]

Poulidor has several times accepted that his career was handicapped by a lack of ambition and by the psychological domination of Jacques Anquetil. Poulidor said in an interview in 1992: I knew straight away that I was getting places everywhere. I got all the leaders' jerseys but I used to lose them. [[Antonin Magne|Tonin [Magne]]] said to me "Raymond, you're always in a daydream!" ''And was that true? Were you distracted?'' It was true. I thought what was happening to me was already marvellous enough. I never thought of winning. Never, ever, did I get up in the morning with the idea of winning!<ref>Vélo, France, January 1992</ref>

On 25 January 1973 Poulidor was made a [[Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur]]. In 2003 the President, [[Jacques Chirac]] increased the award.<ref>Poulidor et Jalabert honorés, L'Équipe, France, 26 June 2003</ref> Poulidor also has a rose named after him, reflecting his love of gardening in general and roses in particular.

He lived with his wife Gisèle in [[Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat]], east of Limoges, where he made short trips on his mountain bike. Their daughter, Corinne, is married to the former world [[cyclo-cross]] champion and [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] winner [[Adri van der Poel]].<ref>http://tour2003.dna.fr/162/index.html, retrieved December 2007</ref>  His grandsons [[David van der Poel|David]] and [[Mathieu van der Poel]] are also cyclists: Mathieu became cyclo-cross world champion six times, road champion once and won three of the five [[Cycling monument|Monuments]] and a stage in the 2021 Tour de France at which he dedicated his win and yellow jersey to his grandfather.

Poulidor worked in public relations for [[Crédit Lyonnais]], sponsor of the yellow jersey, during the Tour.<ref name="cw_tributes">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Gregor |title='The cycling world loses a monument, an icon': Stars pay tribute to Raymond Poulidor |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/cycling-world-loses-monument-icon-stars-pay-tribute-raymond-poulidor-442351 |access-date=13 November 2019 |work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |date=13 November 2019}}</ref> He had bicycles made under his name by the France-Loire company, and has appeared in television commercials aimed at older people.

When asked about his longevity compared to fellow cyclists, Poulidor said he took things in moderation and did not overstretch himself.

Poulidor has written several biographies, the first of which was ''Gloire sans le Maillot Jaune'', written in 1964. ''Poulidor Intime'' was published in May 2007 by Éditions Jacob-Duvernet in France. In 2004 he helped write ''Poulidor par Raymond Poulidor'' with the radio reporter Jean-Paul Brouchon. The preface is by [[Eddy Merckx]].

On 13 November 2019, Raymond Poulidor died in [[Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat]]. He had been in a hospital for two months prior, having suffered from heart problems.<ref name="cn_death">{{cite web |last1=Farrand |first1=Stephen |title=Raymond Poulidor dies aged 83 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/raymond-poulidor-dies-aged-83/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=13 November 2019 |date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="spiegel">{{cite news |title=Der Mann, "der nie die Tour de France gewann", ist tot |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/raymond-poulidor-der-mann-der-nie-die-tour-de-france-gewann-ist-tot-a-1296249.html |access-date=13 November 2019 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=13 November 2019 |language=de}}</ref><ref name="guardian-obit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/13/raymond-poulidor-obituary|title=Raymond Poulidor obituary|last=Fotheringham|first=William|date=13 November 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 November 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Raymond Poulidor|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=4000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324095427/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=4000|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 March 2012|publisher=Cycling Archives|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Raymond Poulidor (Fra)|language=fr|trans-title=Awards of Raymond Poulidor (Fra)|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/poulidor_raymond.php|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|access-date=27 September 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193207/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/poulidor_raymond.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;1959
: 3rd [[:fr:Grand Prix d'Oradour-sur-Vayres|Grand Prix d'Oradour-sur-Vayres]]
;1960
: 1st [[Bordeaux–Saintes]]
: 2nd [[:fr:Circuit des Boucles de la Seine|Circuit des Boucles de la Seine]]
: 3rd Overall [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 4th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 5th [[1960 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1960 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 6th Overall [[Tour du Sud-Est]]
::1st Stage 2
: 7th [[1960 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 7th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 10th Overall [[1960 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
;1961
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[1961 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 1st [[Mont Faron#Hill climb|Mont Faron Hill Climb]]
: 2nd Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [[1961 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1961 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 3rd Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 3rd [[Genoa–Nice]]
: 3rd [[Grand Prix de Cannes]]
: 4th [[Manx Trophy]]
: 7th [[Bordeaux–Paris]]
: 9th Overall [[1961 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 9th [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: 10th [[Gran Premio di Lugano]]
;1962
: 2nd [[Mont Faron#Hill climb|Mont Faron Hill Climb]]
: 3rd Overall [[1962 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 19
: 3rd Overall [[1962 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 5th [[1962 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 6th Overall [[Tour du Sud-Est]]
: 7th Overall [[1962 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 8th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 10th Overall [[Tour des Alpes-Maritimes|Tour du Var]]
;1963
: 1st [[1963 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 1st [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 1st [[Gran Premio di Lugano]]
: 2nd Overall [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
::1st Stage 1
: 2nd Overall [[Tour du Sud-Est]]
: 2nd [[Genoa–Nice]]
: 2nd [[Grand Prix de Cannes]]
: 2nd [[Trofeo Baracchi]] (with [[Jacques Anquetil]])
: 3rd Overall [[Paris–Luxembourg]]
::1st Stage 2
: 3rd [[1963 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 5th [[1963 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1963 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 5th [[1963 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 5th [[Grand Prix du Parisien]] ([[Team time trial|TTT]])
: 6th [[1963 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 8th Overall [[1963 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 8th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 9th [[1963 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 10th [[Critérium des As]]
;1964
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[1964 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stage 15 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
::1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[Grand Prix de Cannes]]
: 1st Stage 7 [[1964 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st Stage 2a [[Tour du Sud-Est|Circuit du Provençal]]
: 2nd Overall [[1964 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 15
: 2nd Overall [[1964 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st Stages 2 & 4a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd [[1964 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [[1964 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1964 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 4th Overall [[Paris–Luxembourg]]
: 6th [[Trofeo Baracchi]] (with [[Henry Anglade]])
;1965
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
::1st Stages 1a & 1b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[1965 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stages 5b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 14
: 2nd Overall [[1965 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stages 4a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 16 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
::Held [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] after Stages 4a–7
: 2nd Overall [[1965 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 2nd Overall [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
::1st Stage 2
: 3rd [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 4th Overall [[1965 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 4th [[Trofeo Baracchi]] (with [[Georges Chappe]])
: 6th Overall [[Tour du Sud-Est|Circuit du Provençal]]
::1st Stage 3a
: 6th [[1965 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 10th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 10th [[Genoa–Nice]]
;1966
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg|20px]] Overall [[1966 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st Stage 7b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
::1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[Subida a Arrate]]
: 1st [[Mont Faron#Hill climb|Mont Faron Hill Climb]]
: 2nd Overall [[1966 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stages 6b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd [[Trofeo Baracchi]] (with [[Georges Chappe]])
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [[1966 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1966 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 3rd Overall [[1966 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 14b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 3rd [[1966 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 3rd [[Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence]]
: 3rd [[Critérium des As]]
: 5th [[Genoa–Nice]]
: 5th [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 6th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 7th [[1966 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 9th [[1966 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 9th [[:fr:Circuit des Boucles de la Seine|Circuit des Boucles de la Seine]]
;1967
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
::1st Stage 1b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 1st [[Bol d'Or des Monédières|Bol d'Or des Monédières Chaumeil]]
: 1st [[A Travers Lausanne]]
: 2nd [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
: 3rd Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 3rd [[1967 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 3rd [[Trophée des Grimpeurs|Polymultipliée]]
: 5th [[:fr:Circuit des Boucles de la Seine|Circuit des Boucles de la Seine]]
: 5th [[Trofeo Baracchi]] (with [[Roger Pingeon]])
: 6th [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton|GP du canton d'Argovie]]
: 7th [[1967 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 7th [[Coppa Agostoni]]
: 7th [[Gran Premio di Lugano]]
: 8th Overall [[1967 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stage 15b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 9th Overall [[1967 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 22b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
;1968
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
::1st Stages 1a & 1b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
: 1st [[Subida a Arrate]]
: 2nd [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 2nd [[Critérium des As]]
: 3rd Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st Stage 3b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 3rd Overall [[A Travers Lausanne]]
: 3rd [[1968 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 4th Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
::1st Stage 3 
: 5th [[1968 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 6th [[1968 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 7th [[1968 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1968 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 8th Overall [[1968 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 8th Overall [[Trophée des Grimpeurs|Polymultipliée]]
::1st Stage 2 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 9th Overall [[Paris–Luxembourg]]
;1969
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg|20px]] Overall [[1969 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st Stages 1a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 5a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[1969 Tour du Haut Var|Tour du Haut Var]]
: 2nd Overall [[1969 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stage 1a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd [[Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence]]
: 2nd [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 3rd Overall [[1969 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 4th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 4th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 5th [[1969 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 5th [[Trofeo Laigueglia]]
: 7th Overall [[1969 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
::1st Stage 4b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 7th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 7th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs|Polymultipliée]]
: 8th [[Genoa–Nice]]
: 9th [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
;1970
: 2nd Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
: 2nd Overall [[A Travers Lausanne]]
: 4th Overall [[1970 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 4th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs|Polymultipliée]]
: 6th [[Genoa–Nice]]
: 7th Overall [[1970 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 8th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 8th [[1970 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 8th [[Critérium des As]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 10th [[1970 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
;1971
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Étoile des Espoirs]]
::1st Stage 5 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
: 1st [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
: 2nd Overall [[1971 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
: 4th Overall [[1971 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 5th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 5th [[GP Union Dortmund]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 9th Overall [[1971 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
;1972
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[1972 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stage 7b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
: 1st [[Critérium des As]]
: 2nd Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
::1st Stage 1b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd [[1972 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 3rd Overall [[1972 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 4th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 4th [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 5th [[Bruxelles–Meulebeke]]
: 7th Overall [[1972 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 10th [[1972 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
;1973
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[1973 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 3rd Overall [[A Travers Lausanne]]
: 4th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 4th [[1973 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 5th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
: 7th Overall [[1973 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 7th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 9th [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 10th [[1973 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
;1974
: 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[1974 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1974 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 2nd Overall [[1974 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 16
: 2nd Overall [[1974 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white dots on red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
::1st Stage 6b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 4th [[Critérium International|Critérium National de la Route]]
: 5th Overall [[1974 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 5th Overall [[1974 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st Prologue
: 5th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 6th [[Critérium des As]]
;1975
: 2nd Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
::1st Stage 3
: 3rd [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 4th Overall [[1975 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 7th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 7th Overall [[Tour de Picardie|Tour de l'Oise]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de Monaco (cycling)|Grand Prix de Monaco]]
: 10th [[Critérium des As]]
;1976
: 2nd [[1976 Grand Prix d'Automne|Paris–Tours]]
: 3rd Overall [[1976 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 4th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 5th [[1976 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 7th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 7th [[Grand Prix des Nations]]
: 8th [[1976 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
;1977
: 4th Overall [[Région Pays de la Loire Tour|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 6th Overall [[1977 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 7th Overall [[Tour de l'Aude (men's race)|Tour de l'Aude]]
: 7th [[Critérium des As]]
: 9th Overall [[Route d'Occitanie|Tour Cycliste du Tarn]]
{{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 1960
! scope="col" | 1961
! scope="col" | 1962
! scope="col" | 1963
! scope="col" | 1964
! scope="col" | 1965
! scope="col" | 1966
! scope="col" | 1967
! scope="col" | 1968
! scope="col" | 1969
! scope="col" | 1970
! scope="col" | 1971
! scope="col" | 1972
! scope="col" | 1973
! scope="col" | 1974
! scope="col" | 1975
! scope="col" | 1976
! scope="col" | 1977
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|[[1960 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1961 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1962 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1963 Vuelta a España|—]]
|style="background:yellow;"|[[1964 Vuelta a España|'''1''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1965 Vuelta a España|'''2''']]
|[[1966 Vuelta a España|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1967 Vuelta a España|8]]
|[[1968 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1969 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1970 Vuelta a España|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1971 Vuelta a España|9]]
|[[1972 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1973 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1974 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1975 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1976 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1977 Vuelta a España|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=18|Did not contest during his career
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|[[1960 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1961 Tour de France|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1962 Tour de France|'''3''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1963 Tour de France|8]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1964 Tour de France|'''2''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1965 Tour de France|'''2''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1966 Tour de France|'''3''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1967 Tour de France|9]]
|[[1968 Tour de France|DNF]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1969 Tour de France|'''3''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1970 Tour de France|7]]
|[[1971 Tour de France|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1972 Tour de France|'''3''']]
|[[1973 Tour de France|DNF]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1974 Tour de France|'''2''']]
|[[1975 Tour de France|19]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1976 Tour de France|'''3''']]
|[[1977 Tour de France|—]]
|}

===Monuments results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Monument
! scope="col" | 1960
! scope="col" | 1961
! scope="col" | 1962
! scope="col" | 1963
! scope="col" | 1964
! scope="col" | 1965
! scope="col" | 1966
! scope="col" | 1967
! scope="col" | 1968
! scope="col" | 1969
! scope="col" | 1970
! scope="col" | 1971
! scope="col" | 1972
! scope="col" | 1973
! scope="col" | 1974
! scope="col" | 1975
! scope="col" | 1976
! scope="col" | 1977
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Milan–San Remo]]
|[[1960 Milan–San Remo|—]]
| style="background:gold;"   |[[1961 Milan–San Remo|'''1''']]
|[[1962 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1963 Milan–San Remo|57]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[1964 Milan–San Remo|'''2''']]
|[[1965 Milan–San Remo|41]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1966 Milan–San Remo|7]]
|[[1967 Milan–San Remo|33]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1968 Milan–San Remo|5]]
|[[1969 Milan–San Remo|53]]
|[[1970 Milan–San Remo|62]]
|[[1971 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1972 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1973 Milan–San Remo|46]]
|[[1974 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1975 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1976 Milan–San Remo|48]]
|[[1977 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]
|[[1960 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|[[1961 Tour of Flanders|17]]
|[[1962 Tour of Flanders|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1963 Tour of Flanders|9]]
|[[1964 Tour of Flanders|30]]
|[[1965 Tour of Flanders|32]]
|[[1966 Tour of Flanders|36]]
|[[1967 Tour of Flanders|27]]
|[[1968 Tour of Flanders|14]]
|[[1969 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|[[1970 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|[[1971 Tour of Flanders|67]]
|[[1972 Tour of Flanders|28]]
|[[1973 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|[[1974 Tour of Flanders|27]]
|[[1975 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|[[1976 Tour of Flanders|42]]
|[[1977 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Roubaix]]
|[[1960 Paris–Roubaix|19]]
|[[1961 Paris–Roubaix|36]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1962 Paris–Roubaix|5]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1963 Paris–Roubaix|6]]
|[[1964 Paris–Roubaix|—]]
|[[1965 Paris–Roubaix|—]]
|[[1966 Paris–Roubaix|DSQ]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1967 Paris–Roubaix|7]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1968 Paris–Roubaix|6]]
|[[1969 Paris–Roubaix|—]]
|[[1970 Paris–Roubaix|13]]
|[[1971 Paris–Roubaix|11]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1972 Paris–Roubaix|10]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1973 Paris–Roubaix|10]]
|[[1974 Paris–Roubaix|24]]
|[[1975 Paris–Roubaix|—]]
|[[1976 Paris–Roubaix|13]]
|[[1977 Paris–Roubaix|12]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
|[[1960 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1961 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1962 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1963 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|5]]
|[[1964 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1965 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1966 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1967 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1968 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''3''']]
|[[1969 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1970 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|8]]
|[[1971 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1973 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|4]]
|[[1974 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1975 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1976 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|8]]
|[[1977 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Giro di Lombardia]]
|[[1960 Giro di Lombardia|96]]
|[[1961 Giro di Lombardia|12]]
|[[1962 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1963 Giro di Lombardia|13]]
|[[1964 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1965 Giro di Lombardia|6]]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1966 Giro di Lombardia|'''3''']]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1967 Giro di Lombardia|'''3''']]
|[[1968 Giro di Lombardia|16]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1969 Giro di Lombardia|5]]
|[[1970 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1971 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1972 Giro di Lombardia|15]]
|[[1973 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1974 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1975 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[1976 Giro di Lombardia|5]]
|[[1977 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|-
|}

===Major championships results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" |
! scope="col" | 1960
! scope="col" | 1961
! scope="col" | 1962
! scope="col" | 1963
! scope="col" | 1964
! scope="col" | 1965
! scope="col" | 1966
! scope="col" | 1967
! scope="col" | 1968
! scope="col" | 1969
! scope="col" | 1970
! scope="col" | 1971
! scope="col" | 1972
! scope="col" | 1973
! scope="col" | 1974
! scope="col" | 1975
! scope="col" | 1976
! scope="col" | 1977
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px|link=Classification in the World Championships|alt=Rainbow jersey]] [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Championships]]
|style="background:#ddf;"|[[1960 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|5]]
|style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1961 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|'''3''']]
|[[1962 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|25]]
|style="background:#ddf;"|[[1963 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|5]]
|style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1964 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|'''3''']]
|[[1965 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
|style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1966 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|'''3''']]
|[[1967 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|24]]
|style="background:#ddf;"|[[1968 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|7]]
|[[1969 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|56]]
|[[1970 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|37]]
|[[1971 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|45]]
|[[1972 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|33]]
|[[1973 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|35]]
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[1974 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|'''2''']]
|[[1975 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|17]]
|[[1976 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|24]]
|[[1977 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|32]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px|link=Classification in the French National Road Race Championships|alt=French jersey]] [[French National Road Race Championships|National Championships]]
|—
|style="background:gold;"|'''1'''
|—
|—
|—
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|'''2'''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | DNF
| [[Did not finish]]
|-
! scope="row" | DSQ
| Disqualified
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Belbin |first1=Giles |title=Chasing the Rainbow: The Story of Road Cycling's World Championships |date=2017 |publisher=Quarto Publishing |location=London |isbn=978-1-78131-631-3}}
* {{cite book |last1=Cossins |first1=Peter |title=The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-1-4088-4681-0}}
* {{cite book |last1=Fife |first1=Graeme |title=Tour de France: The History, the Legend, the Riders |date=1999 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=1-84018-284-9}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Heijmans |editor1-first=Jeroen |editor2-last=Mallon |editor2-first=Bill |title=Historical Dictionary of Cycling |date=2011 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham |isbn=978-0-8108-7175-5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Maso |first1=Benjo |title=The Sweat of the Gods: Myths and Legends of Bicycle Racing |date=2005 |publisher=Mousehold Press |location=Norwich |isbn=978-1-874-739-37-1}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=David|title=Eternal Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5R3wAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Kennedy Brothers|location=Silsden, UK|year=1971|asin=B001L9MEIU}}

==External links==
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