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Jacques Anquetil
Anquetil at the 1966 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name
Jacques Anquetil
Nickname
Monsieur Chrono Maître Jacques
Born
(1934-01-08)8 January 1934 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Died
18 November 1987(1987-11-18) (aged 53) Rouen, France
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Discipline
Road and track
Role
Rider
Rider type
All-rounder
Amateur team
1950–1952
AC Sottevillais
Professional teams
1953–1955
La Perle
1956–1961
Helyett–Potin–Hutchinson
1962–1964
Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
1965–1966
Ford France–Gitane
1967–1969
Bic–Hutchinson
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
16 individual stages
Giro d'Italia
General classification (1960, 1964)
5 individual stages
Vuelta a España
General classification (1963)
1 individual stage
Stage races
Paris–Nice (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1963, 1965)
Critérium National de la Route (1963, 1965)[a]
Volta a Catalunya (1967)
Tour of the Basque Country (1969)
Four Days of Dunkirk (1958, 1959)
One-day races and Classics
Gent–Wevelgem (1964)
Bordeaux–Paris (1965)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1966)
Critérium National de la Route (1961, 1967)[a]
Other
Hour record (1956)
Super Prestige Pernod International (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)
Grand Prix des Nations (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966)
Medal record
Representing France
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki
Team time trial
Road World Championships
1966 Nürburgring
Road race
Men's track bicycle racing
Track World Championships
1956 Copenhagen
Individual Pursuit
Jacques Anquetil (pronounced[ʒakɑ̃k.til]; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.[1]
He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field—Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes—but he did it.[b] His victories in stage races such as the Tour were built on an exceptional ability to ride alone against the clock in individual time trial stages, which lent him the name "Monsieur Chrono".
He won eight Grand Tours in his career, which was a record when he retired and has only since been surpassed by Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.
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^"Jacques Anquetil Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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