Charly Gaul

Charly Gaul

Gaul in 1959
Personal information
Full name	Charly Gaul
Nickname	L'ange de la montagne (Angel of the Mountains) Rimbaud du tour Chéri-pipi[1]
Born	(1932-12-08)8 December 1932 Pfaffenthal, Luxembourg
Died	6 December 2005(2005-12-06) (aged 72) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road and cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1953–1954	Terrot–Hutchinson
1955	Magnat-Debon
1956–1958	Faema–Guerra
1959–1960	EMI
1961–1963	Gazzola–Fiorelli
1963	Peugeot–BP–Englebert
1964	Individual
1965	Lamot–Libertas
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1958) Mountains classification (1955, 1956) 10 individual stages (1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961) Giro d'Italia General classification (1956, 1959) Mountains classification (1956, 1959) 11 individual stages (1956–1961)
Medal record Representing  Luxembourg Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1954 Solingen Road race

Charly Gaul /ˈɡaʊl/^{[2][Luxembourgish IPA needed]} (8 December 1932 – 6 December 2005)^[3] was a Luxembourgish professional cyclist. He was a national cyclo-cross champion, an accomplished time triallist and superb climber. His ability earned him the nickname of Angel of the Mountains in the 1958 Tour de France, which he won with four stage victories. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1956 and 1959. Gaul rode best in cold, wet weather. In later life, he became a recluse^[4] and lost much of his memory.