Louis Caput

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ridername = Louis Caput


fullname = Louis Caput
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dateofbirth = birth date|1923|1|23
dateofdeath = death date and age|1985|2|8|1923|1|23
country = FRA
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = 2 stages Tour de France Paris-Tours (1948)
updated = July 2, 2008

Louis Caput (Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, 23 January 1923 — Paris, 8 February 1985) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Caput was the winner of Paris-Tours in 1948, and he also won two stages in the Tour de France.

Palmarès

;1942:Circuit d'Auray;1946:FRA national road race championship:Paris-Reims;1948:Paris-Tours;1949:Ain-Temouchent:GP de l'Echo d'Oran :Tour de France:::Winner stage 9;1952:GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa;1955:Paris - Limoges:Arras:Tour de France:::Winner stage 14;1956:Montluçon:Circuit des Deux Ponts

Teams (rider)

*1942-1944: Dilecta - Wolber (France)
*1945: Genial Lucifer (France)
*1946-1947: Metropole - Dunlop (France)
*1948-1950: Olympia - Dunlop (France)
*1951: Dilecta - Wolber (France)
*1952: Carrara - Dunlop (France)
*1953: Gitane - Hutchinson (France)
*1954: Rochet - Dunlop (France)
*1955: Arliguie - Hutchinson (France)
*1956: Saint-Raphael - R. Geminiani (France)
*1957: Essor - Leroux (France)

Teams (directeur sportif)

*1966-1967: Kamomé - Dilecta
*1968-1969: Frimatic - Viva - De Gribaldy
*1969: Frimatic - Viva- de Gribaldy- Wolber (Tour de France 1969)
*1970-1971: Fagor - Mercier
*1972-1975: Gan - Mercier
*1976: Gan - Mercier France
*1977-1978: Miko - Mercier

External links

*cyclingwebsite|729
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2957.html Official Tour de France results for Louis Caput]

Persondata
NAME=Caput, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1923-1-23
PLACE OF BIRTH=Saint-Maur-des-Fosses
DATE OF DEATH=1985-2-8
PLACE OF DEATH=Paris