Pierre Barbotin Explained

Fullname:Pierre Barbotin
Birth Date:29 September 1926
Proyears1:1948-1950
Proteam1:Stella-Dunlop
Proyears2:1951-1952
Proteam2:Bottecchia
Proyears3:1953
Proteam3:Stella-Wolber-Dunlop
Proyears4:1954
Proteam4:Royal Condrix
Proyears5:1955-1957
Proteam5:Saint Rafhael-R.Geminiani
Proyears6:1958
Proteam6:Bobet BP Hutchinson
Proyears7:1959
Proteam7:Margnat-Coupry
Proyears8:1960
Proteam8:L.Bobet-BP-Hutchinson

Pierre Barbotin (29 September 1926 – 19 February 2009) was a French racing cyclist, riding professionally from about 1948 to 1961. He was born in Nantes and died in the same city.[1] [2]

Barbotin become known in 1951 when he finished second to Louison Bobet in the Milan–San Remo cycle race between Milan and Sanremo. This race marked the beginning of the so-called "B-B" duo - that is, a Bobet-Barbotin partnership where Barbotin became one of the principal teammates of Bobet, especially as part of the Tour de France.[3] Barbotin rode for various teams, including Stella Dunlop (1948–50), Bottechia (1951–52), Stella Wolber Dunlop (1953), Royal-Codrix (1954), Saint Raphael (1955–57), Margnat-Coupry (1959), and Bobet BP Hutchinson (1958, 1960).[4] [5] [6] Barbotin won 13 victories in his career.[7]

Racing career

During his first season as a professional, Barbotin won third place in the Dijon-Lyon race in 1948.[8] The following year he won the team grand prize (Grand Prix de l'Équipe) with André Mahé and Marcel Dussault, and he placed second in the French bike race Manche-Ocean behind Joseph Morvan.[9] In 1950, Barbotin enjoyed one of his greatest victories by winning the Critérium National de la Route, a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring.[10] The same year, he finished second in the race for the Grand Prize of Switzerland.[11] [12] In the 1951 Tour de France, Barbotin placed sixth in the final general classification.[13]

Victories

Below is a list of Barbotin's racing victories between 1949 and 1957:[14] [15]

1949

1950

1951

1954

1955

1956

1957

Other important results

Below are some other important results from Barbotin's cycling career, even though they may not have been first-place finishes:[25]

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1956

1957

1958

1959

Teams

Barbotin participated on the following teams:[29]

Later life

After finishing his career as a professional cyclist in 1961,[30] Barbotin became a sales director of the regional newspaper Presse-Océan.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin. Memoire du cyclisme. 4 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Décès de Pierre Barbotin. Eurosport. 4 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Décès de Pierre Barbotin. Eurosport. 4 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Tête de peloton. sportbreizh.com. 5 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Pierre Barbotin. dewielersite.
  6. Web site: Pierre Barbotin. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling.
  7. Web site: DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN. Velo Club du Net. 15 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Tête de peloton. sportbreizh.com. 5 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Tête de peloton. sportbreizh.com. 5 February 2015.
  10. Web site: Tête de peloton. sportbreizh.com. 5 February 2015.
  11. Web site: Tête de peloton. sportbreizh.com. 5 February 2015.
  12. Web site: Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin. Mémoire du cyclisme. 11 February 2015.
  13. Web site: BikeRaceInfo. 4 February 2015.
  14. Web site: DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN. Velo Club du Net. 15 February 2015.
  15. Web site: Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin. Memoire du cyclisme. 4 February 2015.
  16. Web site: Tête de peloton - Pierre Barbotin. sportbreizh.com. 17 February 2015.
  17. Web site: Premier élan parisien. museociclismo.it. 19 February 2015.
  18. Web site: Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin. memoire-du-cyclisme. 19 February 2015.
  19. Web site: Circuit de l'Indre. Museo Ciclismo. 19 February 2015.
  20. Web site: Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin. Memoire du cyclisme. 22 February 2015.
  21. Web site: Décès de Pierre Barbotin. velo-club.net. 22 February 2015.
  22. Web site: Etoile du Léon. Memoire du cyclisme. 3 April 2015.
  23. Web site: Final classifications by cyclist - Critérium du Dauphiné - Pierre Barbotin. Cycling Archives. 26 February 2015.
  24. Web site: DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN. Velo Club du Net. 15 February 2015.
  25. Web site: Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin. Mémoire du cyclisme. 2 March 2015.
  26. Web site: G.P du Libre-Poitou. Memoire du cyclisme. 2 March 2015.
  27. Web site: Dijon - Lyon 1948. Sitio de Ciclismo. 3 March 2015.
  28. Web site: DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN. Velo Club du Net. 15 February 2015.
  29. Web site: DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN. Velo Club du Net. 15 February 2015.
  30. Web site: DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN. Velo Club du Net. 15 February 2015.
  31. Web site: Tête de peloton - Pierre Barbotin. sportbreizh.com. 12 February 2015.

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