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R.I.P. Raymond Poulidor

Last Post 11/13/2013 01:13 PM by Orange Crush. 7 Replies.

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11/13/2013 12:54 AM
Eternal 2nd. 6 TDF podiums but never won. His last podium at age 40 in 1976. Took 2nd 2 years before 8 minutes behind Eddy Merckx's last win. Won the Vuelta in '64. Tour podiums 12 years apart. Impressive. This is probably old news here, but I missed it. Ben

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11/13/2013 09:38 AM
I had not heard....RIP http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/photo-galleries/rider-gallery/poulidor-raymond.html http://tourderivaux.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/jacques-anquetil-and-raymond-poulidor/

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11/13/2013 11:29 AM
HOAX!! http://en.mediamass.net/people/raymond-poulidor/deathhoax.html Whew had me scared there.

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11/13/2013 11:53 AM
Let's go easy on this "Eternal Second" thing with Ray-Ray. Dude had PLENTY of wins. Only thing he never won was LeTour. Grand Tours Vuelta a España General Classification (1964) 4 Stages Tour de France 7 Stages Stage races Critérium International (1964, 1966, 1968, 1971–72) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1966, 1969) Paris–Nice (1972–73) One-day races and Classics Milan – San Remo (1961) La Flèche Wallonne (1963) Grand Prix des Nations (1963)

----- It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.

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11/13/2013 12:00 PM
Thanks, winterale. It''m happy to be wrong. I was searching Poulidor's age for the Horner Interview thread when I stumbled on his "recent death" and was suckered like a lot of others. Ben

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11/13/2013 12:25 PM
Still alive and kicking at the ripe old age of 77.

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11/13/2013 01:13 PM
He better not be dead; I'm pretty sure he'll show on the Pla d'Adet next year. His son in law had a bit of an eternal second reputation too.

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