Fernand Picot Explained

Fernand Picot
Birth Date:10 May 1930
Birth Place:Pontivy, France
Death Place:Pontivy, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:1948–1954
Amateurteam1:VC Pontivy
Amateuryears2:1953–1954
Amateurteam2:Arrow
Proyears1:1955
Proteam1:Urago–D'Alessandro
Proyears2:1956–1961
Proyears3:1962
Proyears4:1963
Proteam4:Bertin–Porter 39–Milremo
Proyears5:1964–1965

Fernand Picot (in French pronounced as /fɛʁnɑ̃ piko/; 10 May 1930  - 22 October 2017)[1] was a French professional racing cyclist.[2] He rode in eight editions of the Tour de France.[3]

Major results

1951
  • 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 5th Overall Tour de l'Ouest
    1953
  • 1st Stages 5 & 6 Route de France
    1954
  • 1st Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 1st Stage 11 Peace Race
    1955
  • 1st Overall
  • 1st Stages 2 & 4
  • 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ouest
  • 2nd Paris–Camembert
  • 2nd Paris–Bourges
  • 3rd
  • 3rd
    1956
  • 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 1st Stage 3
    1957
  • 1st Stages 3b & 9 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 7th GP Stan Ockers
    1958
  • 1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
  • 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
  • 3rd Grand Prix de Plouay
    1959
  • 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  • 2nd Critérium National de la Route
  • 5th GP Stan Ockers
    1960
  • 3rd
    1961
  • 1st Points classification, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 1st Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne
  • 1st Grand Prix de Plouay
  • 1st Genoa–Nice
  • 1st Circuit de l'Aulne
  • 6th Critérium National de la Route
    1963
  • 1st Circuit de l'Aulne

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/pontivy-56300/pontivy-deces-de-fernand-picot-ancien-cycliste-professionnel-5333939 Ouest France
    2. Web site: Fernand Picot . 11 July 2016 . Cycling Archives.
    3. Web site: 47ème Tour de France 1960. Memoire du cyclisme. French. 11 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121063116/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1960.php. 21 January 2012.