Gilbert Bauvin

Gilbert Bauvin

Personal information
Full name	Gilbert Bauvin
Born	(1927-08-04) 4 August 1927 Lunéville, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
4 stages Tour de France
Medal record Men's cyclo-cross Representing France World Championships 1953 Quato Elite Men's Race

Gilbert Bauvin (born 4 August 1927 in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1950 to 1960. The highlights of his career include winning the Paris–Camembert in 1954 and Tour de Romandie in 1958 and winning four stages in the Tour de France as well as wearing the yellow jersey for a total of four days. His best grand tour result was the 1956 Tour de France, where he finished second after surprise winner Roger Walkowiak.

Major results

1951

Nancy

Tour de France:

8th place overall classification

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

1952

Tour du Doubs

1953

2nd place Cyclo-cross world championship

1954

GP de Cannes

Paris–Camembert

Tour de France:

Winner stages 10 and 12

Wearing yellow jersey for two days

10th place overall classification

1955

Macau

Vuelta a España:

Winner stages 1 and 2

1956

Dakar

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 10B

7th place overall classification

Circuit du Cher

Tour de France:

2nd place overall classification

1957

GP Monaco

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 11

Tour de France:

Winner stage 5

1958

Tour de Romandie

Monaco

Tour de France:

Winner stage 3

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

External links

• "Gilbert Bauvin at Memoire-du-cyclisme.net". Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Gilbert Bauvin at Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
• Gilbert Bauvin at Cycling Archives
• Gilbert Bauvin – official Tour de France results (archive)