Raymond Louviot Explained

Raymond Louviot
Full Name:Raymond Louviot
Birth Date:17 December 1908
Birth Place:Granges, Switzerland
Death Place:Dunkirk, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:French national road race championship (1934)
GP des nations (1933)
GP Ouest-France (1947)

Raymond Louviot (17 December 1908 – 14 May 1969) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was the grandfather of cyclist Philippe Louviot.

He became a team manager after retirement. The British cyclist, Brian Robinson, accuses a commercial tie-up between Louviot and Miguel Poblet a rival in another team, for denying him first place in the 1957 Milan–San Remo. Robinson said:

My manager, Raymond Louviot, had a tie-up in the cycle trade with Poblet. He told me that if Poblet was anywhere near me it was my job to get him over the line first. I buggered off up a hill, then my manager came up and told me 'Remember what I told you.' Poblet won, I was third, that is my biggest regret. If I had won I would have been made for life.[1] [2]

Major results

1933
  • Tour du Midi
  • Grand Prix des Nations
    1934
  • national road race championship
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stage 22
    1936
  • Paris - Sedan
    1937
  • Circuit des Deux-Sèvres
  • Paris - Soissons
  • Tour du Sud-Ouest
    1938
  • Paris - Rennes
    1939
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stage 4
    1940
  • Critérium de France
    1941
  • GP de l'Auto
  • Paris - Nantes
    1947
  • GP Ouest-France

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    Notes and References

    1. Cycling, UK, 25 April 1992
    2. Woodland, Les (2005), This Island Race, Mousehold Press, UK