- Roger Pingeon
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ridername = Roger Pingeon
fullname = Roger Pingeon
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1940|08|28
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majorwins = 1967 Tour de France 1969 Vuelta a España
updated =May 24 ,2008 Roger Pingeon (born
August 28 ,1940 inHauteville ) is a retired professionalroad bicycle racer fromFrance . He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeion won the Tour de France. In 1969, Pingeon won theVuelta a España and came second behindEddy Merckx in the Tour de France.Major achievements
;1964: 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: ;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: : 2nd overall, 2nd KoM, and Stage 9 win, Tour de France: KoM,Dauphiné Libéré ;1970 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 2nd overall,Dauphiné Libéré ;1972 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin: 1st, Stage 1,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
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