Henry Anglade

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Henry Anglade


fullname = Henry Anglade
nickname = Napoléon
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1933|7|6
country = France
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Allround
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1956 1957-1959 1960-1962 1963-1966 1967
proteams = Alcyon Libéria-Hutchinson Libéria-Grammont Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
manageyears = 1976–1978
manageteams = Lejeune-BP
majorwins = French national road cycling championship (2x) Dauphiné Libéré Second place Tour 1959
updated = July 26, 2007

Henry Anglade (Thionville, July 6 1933) is a former French cyclist. In 1959 he was closest to winning the Tour de France, when he finished second, 4:01 behind Federico Bahamontes. In 1960 he wore the yellow jersey for two days.

History

Henry Anglade turned professional in 1957. In 1959, he won the Dauphiné Libéré, a mountainous stage race over a week; then the national road championship. He came second in the Tour de Suisse and then in the Tour de France, behind Federico Bahamontes but in front of Jacques Anquetil and Roger Rivière. In that Tour, Anglade - riding for the regional Centre-Midi team - was the victim of the tactics of Anquetil, Rivière and others in the French national team. They preferred to see Bahamontes take the Tour de France rather than Anglade, who was unpopular among French riders and, had he won the Tour de France, would have earned more than Anquetil and Rivière in the post-Tour criteriums that were then an important part of riders' incomes. Bahamontes was both Spanish and a poor rider in round-the-houses races and so of little threat. On top of that, Anquetil, Rivière and many other French stars were represented by one of the two agents who divided French cycling between them whereas Anglade was represented by the other.

Fans worked out what was going on and Anquetil was whistled and jeered as he entered the Parc des Princes on the last day.

Anglade was not the strongest of riders but made up for what he lacked with a good tactical sense. He was an eloquent speaker and popular with journalists. Riders, however, disliked him for what they perceived as his bossiness and gave him the nickname Napoleon, which referred as well to his smallness.

Anglade joined the Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune in 1963 and finished the next year's Tour de France in fourth place, behind Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor and Bahamontes. He also came fourth in the 1965 race, behind Felice Gimondi, Poulidor and Gianni Motta.

His health disturbed his 1966 season and he spent his last season, 1967, as a team rider for Raymond Poulidor.

He rode 10 Tours de France and finished all but his last.

Retirement

Anglade left cycling to work for a typewriter company. Then from 1976 he became directeur sportif of the Lejeune team, where he managed Roy Schuiten, Ferdinand Bracke and Lucien van Impe.

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Major victories

;1957: Annemasse-Bellegarde-Annemasse: Tour de Champagne 4th stage;1958: Tour de Loire 1st stage;1959: FRA national road cycling champion: Tour de France:::Winner stage 13::2nd place overall classification: Dauphiné Libéré: Circuit Drôme-Ardèche;1960:Tour de France:::Wearing yellow jersey for two days::8th place overall classification;1961: Tour de l'Aude: Stages 1 and 2: Bern-Genève: Final classification, stages 1 and 2: Prix des Sables-d'Olonne;1962: Tour de Romandie: stage 2;1963: Tour du Var;1964: Prix de Vayrac.:Tour de France:::4th place overall classification;1965: FRA national road cycling champion:Tour de France:::4th place overall classification;1966: Tour de l'Hérault

External links

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* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/3432.html Official Tour de France results for Henry Anglade]