Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Explained

Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
Full Name:Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
Birth Date:1946 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Joué-lès-Tours, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1970–1978
Proteam1:Peugeot–BP–Michelin
Majorwins:7 stages Tour de France

Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (born 25 May 1946) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer. He is the nephew of fellow racing cyclist Camille Danguillaume.[1] His sporting career began with U.C. Joue.[2] As an amateur, he competed in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics[3] and won the 1969 edition of the Peace Race. In 1970 he turned professional with the Peugeot team, where he spent his entire professional career. Between 1970 and 1978, Danguillaume won 7 stages in the Tour de France. His other notable wins included the Grand Prix de Plouay in 1971, the Critérium International in 1973, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre in 1974 and Paris–Bourges in 1975. In the latter year he also took the bronze medal in the road race at the World Championships in Yvoir, Belgium. During his career he took a total of 350 wins, including 68 as a professional. After his retirement at the end of 1978, he became a directeur sportif, managing the Mercier team from 1979 to 1984. After the team was disbanded, he joined Coca-Cola Enterprises as an executive, managing the company's presence at the Tour de France as a sponsor: he remained in this role for 19 years, retiring at the end of 2003. He continued to work at the Tour in a hospitality role.

Major results

1969
  • Peace Race
    1970
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stage 22
    1971
  • GP Ouest-France
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stage 18
    1972
  • Auzances
  • Beaulac-Bernos
  • Meymac
  • Ploërdut
  • Roquebrune
  • Trophée des Grimpeurs
    1973
  • Boulogne-sur-Mer
  • Circuit de Boulogne
  • Critérium International
  • Plancoët
  • Route Nivernaise
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stage 6
  • Vailly-sur-Sauldre
    1974
  • Bagneux
  • La Ferté-Bernard
  • Lannion
  • Montceau-les-Mines
  • Oradour-sur-Glane
  • Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stages 17 and 18
  • Ussel
  • Pogny
    1975
  • GP de Cannes
  • Landivisiau
  • Paris–Bourges
  • Plaintel
  • Rochecorbon
  • Villers-Cotterets
    1976
  • Châteauroux – Classic de l'Indre
  • Ergué-Gabéric
  • Quilan
  • Vendôme
    1977
  • Beaulac-Bernos
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stages 11 and 13B
  • Saint-Macaire en Mauges
  • Tour de l'Aude
    1978
  • Ile-sur-Tet
  • Nogent-sur-Oise

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: "Je suis un enfant gaté" . Mainguy . Annaïck . 1 June 2017 . La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. French . "I'm a spoiled child". 21 May 2021.
    2. Book: Livre d`Or 1965. Miroir du Cyclisme. 1965. Paris. 28.
    3. Web site: Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Olympic Results . 18 September 2014 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228004841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/jean-pierre-danguillaume-1.html . 28 December 2014 .