Désiré Letort Explained

Désiré Letort
Fullname:	Désiré Letort
Birth Date:	29 January 1943
Birth Place:	Corseul, France
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1970
Proteam1:	BIC
Proyears2:	1973
Proteam2:	Gitane-Frigécrème

Désiré Letort (29 January 1943 – 9 September 2012) was a French cyclist.^[1] His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. ^[2] His career best finishes in the Tour de France were 17th in 1971, 9th in 1969 and 4th in 1967.

Biography

Letort was born in Corseul. He won the French national road race championship in 1967, but after the race failed the doping tests.

Letort raced in eight Tours de France. He wore the yellow jersey in the 1969 Tour de France for one day after stage 5.^[3]

Major results

1963

French military champion

1966

Paris–Camembert

Sévignac

1967

~~national road race championship~~

Sévignac

1968

Critérium de Saint-Georges-de-Chesné

1969

Ploerdut

Laval

Plancoet

1970

Issé

Hénon

1971

Nice-Seillans

Grand tour results

Tour de France

1965 : DNF (=Did Not Finish)
1966 : 57
1967 : 4 (winner combativity award)
1968 : DNF
1969 : 9
1970 : DNF
1971 : 17
1972 : DNF

Vuelta a España

1967 : 27
1971 : 26
1972 : DNF

Giro d'Italia

1972 : DNF

External links

Web site: Palmarès . fr . 2009-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011033606/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/letort_desire.php . 2008-10-11 . bot: unknown .
- Official Tour de France results

Notes and References

Web site: Cyclisme. Disparition de Désiré Letort - Plancoët - Cyclisme . fr . ouest-france.fr . 2012-09-11.
Book: Miroir du Cyclisme. Livre d'Or 1963. 1963. Paris. 82.
Web site: 1969 Tour de France jerseys.