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Gérard Saint
Personal information
Full nameGérard Saint
Born(1935-07-11)11 July 1935
Renouard, France
Died16 March 1960(1960-03-16) (aged 24)
Le Mans, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider

Gérard Saint (Renouard, 11 July 1935 — Le Mans, 16 March 1960) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the 1959 Tour de France, Saint was the winner of the Combativity award. In 1960, while driving his Citroen DS near Le Mans, Saint hit a tree and died at the scene.

Major results

1957
Tour de Luxembourg
Tour de l'Ariège
1958
Boucles de l'Aulne
Egletons
Meymac
Taule
1959
Bol d'or des Monédières Chaumeil
Felletin
GP d'Alger (with Raphaël Géminiani and Roger Rivière)
Nice
Saint-Jean d'Angely
Chateau-Chinon
Manche-Océan
Tour de France:
9th place overall classification
Winner Combativity award