Bernard Guyot Explained

Bernard Guyot
Birth Date:19 November 1945
Birth Place:Savigny-sur-Orge, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateurteam1:U.S. Creteil
Proyears1:1967–1968
Proyears2:1969–1973
Proyears3:1974
Proteam3:Magiglace–Juaneda

Bernard Guyot (19 November 1945 – 28 February 2021) was a French road cyclist.[1] His sporting career began with U.S. Creteil.[2] As an amateur he competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics, won the Peace Race in 1966, and placed fourth in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. In 1967 he turned professional and won 10 races before retiring in 1974. He raced the Tour de France in 1968-1972, placing 27th in 1968 and 28th in 1971. In the national professional road championship, Guyot placed second in 1972 and third in 1969. His father Bernard Sr. and brothers Claude and Serge were also competitive cyclists.[3] [4]

Guyot died on 1 March 2021, aged 75.[5]

Major results

1964
  • 1st Overall Tour de Namur
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Stage 14 Tour du Maroc
    1965
  • 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
  • 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
  • 1st Stages 7 & 13 (ITT)
    1966
  • 1st Overall Peace Race
  • 1st Stage 3a
  • 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
  • 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
    1967
  • 1st Overall
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Tour de l'Herault
  • 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
  • 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
  • 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Jacques Anquetil)
  • 2nd Coppa Agostoni
  • 2nd GP Lugano (ITT)
  • 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 1st Stage 2b (ITT)
  • 3rd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
  • 4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  • 4th Critérium National de la Route
  • 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 5th Paris-Tours
  • 7th Overall Tour de l'Oise
  • 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 5a
  • 8th GP Monaco
  • 10th Giro di Lombardia
    1968
  • 1st Circuit d'Auvergne
  • 2nd Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc
  • 3rd Maël–Pestivien
  • 4th Overall Paris–Nice
  • 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1969
  • 1st Boucles de la Seine
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise
  • 4th Baden–Baden
  • 9th GP Monaco
  • 10th Critérium National de la Route
    1970
  • 8th Boucles de la Seine
  • 9th Bordeaux–Paris
    1972
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Bernard Guyot . Olympedia . 30 April 2022.
    2. Book: Livre d'Or 1965. Miroir du Cyclisme. 1965. Paris. 28.
    3. Web site: Bernard Guyot Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/bernard-guyot-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.
    4. http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9537 Bernard Guyot
    5. https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/L-ancien-coureur-bernard-guyot-est-decede/1228256 L'ancien coureur Bernard Guyot est décédé