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Lucien Didier

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Lucien Didier
Personal information
Born (1950-08-05) 5 August 1950 (age 74)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight148 lb (67 kg)

Lucien Didier (born 5 August 1950) is a former Luxembourgian cyclist. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He rode in ten Grand Tours between 1978 and 1984, including six Tours de France. In each of his Tour starts he completed the race and helped his team leader to overall victory - Bernard Hinault four times and Laurent Fignon twice.[2] He was the son-in law of racing cyclist Bim Diederich[3] and is the father of racing cyclist Laurent Didier.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Lucien Didier Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ Cossins, Peter (22 July 2014). "Renault: The best Tour de France team ever?". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ ""Le Duc" Bim Diederich, est décédé" ["The Duke" Bim Diederich has passed away]. L'essentiel (in French). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (2 February 2015). "Laurent Didier, a Luxembourger helping Contador". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015.