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

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

Vuelta a España winners of the General classification

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