Jean-Pierre Danguillaume

Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
Personal information
Full nameJean-Pierre Danguillaume
Born (1946-05-25) 25 May 1946 (age 78)
Joué-lès-Tours, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional team
1970–1978Peugeot–BP–Michelin
Major wins
7 stages Tour de France
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  France
UCI Road World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Yvoirl Elite Men's Road Race

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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Mainguy, Annaïck (1 June 2017). ""Je suis un enfant gaté"" ["I'm a spoiled child"]. La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ Livre d`Or 1965. Paris: Miroir du Cyclisme. 1965. p. 28.
  3. ^ "Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.