Roger Pingeon

Roger Pingeon (pronounced [ʁɔʒe pɛ̃ʒɔ̃]; 28 August 1940 – 19 March 2017) was a professional road bicycle racer from France.[2]

Roger Pingeon
Pingeon in 1972
Personal information
NicknameLe grand échassier, Le plombier-zingueur[1]
Born(1940-08-28)28 August 1940
Hauteville-Lompnes, Vichy France
Died19 March 2017(2017-03-19) (aged 76)
Beaupont, France
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1959Liberia–Hutchinson
1963–1965Independent
1965–1972Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1973Rokado–De Gribaldy
1974Jobo–Lejeune
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1967)
4 individual stages
Vuelta a España
General classification (1969)
2 individual stages

Biography

Growing up near the Jura Mountains, he was a cross-country skier as a teenager before taking up bicycle racing. He spent two years in Algeria on military service before starting his professional cycling career relatively late.[3] 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 finished second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France.[4] He took a total of four Tour de France stage wins and finished in the top five of the race's general classification three times during his career. After retiring from competition he worked as a consultant for Radio Télévision Suisse between 1979 and 1998.[1] Pingeon died on 19 March 2017 at his home in the village of Beaupont in the Ain department, about 100 km away from his hometown of Hauteville-Lompnes, after suffering a heart attack.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

Source:[4][5]

1964
1st Poly Lyonnaise
1965
2nd Grand Prix de la Trinité
2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
5th Grand Prix des Nations
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
12th Overall Tour de France
1966
2nd Overall Critérium National
1st Stage 2
2nd Mont Faron hill climb
4th Grand Prix des Nations
8th Overall Tour de France
1967
1st Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 5a
1st Stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg
2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
3rd Gênes–Nice
4th Boucles de la Seine
5th Trofeo Baracchi (with Raymond Poulidor)
7th Paris–Tours
1968
5th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 15 and 18hh
1st Combativity Award
2nd National Road Race Championship
3rd Overall Critérium National
3rd Grand Prix of Baden-Baden (with Charly Grosskost)
3rd Mont Faron hill climb
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1969
1st Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 12 and 14b
2nd Mountains classification
2nd Overall Tour de France
2nd Mountains classification
1st Stage 9
3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Mountains classification
9th Overall Paris–Nice
1970
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
3rd Mont Faron Hill Climb
4th Overall Critérium National
1971
3rd Trophée Baracchi (with Bernard Thévenet)
3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
5th Grand Prix des Nations
1972
1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
3rd Points classification
5th Overall Tour de Romandie
7th Overall Paris–Nice
1974
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec
1st Prix de Saint-Claud
1st Prix de La Bastide
3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Grand Tour results timeline
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Tour de France 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 d'Italia 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 a España DNE DNE DNE DNE 1 DNE DNE DNE DNF-5 DNE
Stages won — — — — 2 — — — 0 —
Mountains classification — — — — 2 — — — NR —
Points classification — — — — NR — — — NR —
Legend
1Winner
2–3Top three-finish
4–10Top ten-finish
11–Other finish
DNEDid Not Enter
DNF-xDid Not Finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-xDid Not Start (no started on stage x)
HDFinished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQDisqualified
N/ARace/classification not held
NRNot Ranked in this classification

References
  1. "Carnet noir: Le cycliste Roger Pingeon est décédé" [Black book: The cyclist Roger Pingeon is dead]. Le Matin (Switzerland) (in French). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. Former Tour de France champion Roger Pingeon dies at 76
  3. "Roger Pingeon, la mort de l'échassier" [Roger Pingeon, the death of the wader]. La Voix du Nord (daily) (in French). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. Roger Pingeon. cyclingarchives.com
  5. "Palmarès de Roger Pingeon (Fra)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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