Roger Pingeon

Roger Pingeon

Pingeon in 1972
Personal information
Nickname	Le grand échassier (The Great Stilt Walker) Le plombier-zingueur (The Plumber)
Born	(1940-08-28)28 August 1940 Hauteville-Lompnes, Vichy France
Died	19 March 2017(2017-03-19) (aged 76) Beaupont, France
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
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1963–1965	Independent
1965–1972	Alerting users {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.
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Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1967) 4 individual stages (1967, 1968, 1969) Vuelta a España General classification (1969) 2 individual stages (1969)

Roger Pingeon (pronounced [ʁɔʒe pɛ̃ʒɔ̃]; 28 August 1940 – 19 March 2017) was a professional road bicycle racer from France.

Biography

Growing up near the Jura Mountains, he was a cross-country skier as a teenager before taking up bicycle racing. He spent two years in Algeria on military service before starting his professional cycling career relatively late. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the Tour de France. In 1969, Pingeon won the Vuelta a España and finished second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France. He took a total of four Tour de France stage wins and finished in the top five of the race's general classification three times during his career. After retiring from competition he worked as a consultant for Radio Télévision Suisse between 1979 and 1998. Pingeon died on 19 March 2017 at his home in the village of Beaupont in the Ain department, about 100 km away from his hometown of Hauteville-Lompnes, after suffering a heart attack.

Career achievements

Major results

Source:

1964

1st Poly Lyonnaise

1965

2nd Grand Prix de la Trinité

2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni

5th Grand Prix des Nations

5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

12th Overall Tour de France

1966

2nd Overall Critérium National

1st Stage 2

2nd Mont Faron hill climb

4th Grand Prix des Nations

8th Overall Tour de France

1967

1st Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 5a

1st Stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg

2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

3rd Gênes–Nice

4th Boucles de la Seine

5th Trofeo Baracchi (with Raymond Poulidor)

7th Paris–Tours

1968

2nd National Road Race Championship

3rd Overall Critérium National

3rd Grand Prix of Baden-Baden (with Charly Grosskost)

3rd Mont Faron hill climb

5th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 15 & 18

Combativity Award

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1969

1st Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stage 12 & 14b (ITT)

2nd Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 9

3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Mountains classification

9th Overall Paris–Nice

1970

2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël

3rd Mont Faron Hill Climb

4th Overall Critérium National

1971

3rd Trophée Baracchi (with Bernard Thévenet)

3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni

5th Grand Prix des Nations

1972

1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

5th Overall Tour de Romandie

7th Overall Paris–Nice

1974

1st Grand Prix de Plumelec

1st Prix de Saint-Claud

1st Prix de La Bastide

3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs

5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Grand Tour results timeline

	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Tour de France	12	8	1	5	2	DNF-7B	DNE	DNF-9	DNE	11
Stages won	0	0	1	2	1	0	—	0	—	0
Mountains classification	15	9	5	4	2	NR	—	NR	—	NR
Points classification	17	NR	8	11	4	NR	—	NR	—	NR
Giro d'Italia	DNE	DNE	DNF	DNF	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mountains classification	—	—	NR	NR	—	—	—	—	—	—
Points classification	N/A	—	NR	NR	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	1	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNF-5	DNE
Stages won	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	0	—
Mountains classification	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	NR	—
Points classification	—	—	—	—	NR	—	—	—	NR	—

Legend

1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did not enter
DNF-x	Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x	Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD	Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not ranked in this classification

External links

• Roger Pingeon at Cycling Archives (archived)