Roger Pingeon

Roger Pingeon
Pingeon in 1972
Personal information
Nickname
  • Le grand échassier (The Great Stilt Walker)
  • Le plombier-zingueur (The Plumber)[1]
Born(1940-08-28)28 August 1940
Hauteville-Lompnes, Vichy France
Died19 March 2017(2017-03-19) (aged 76)
Beaupont, France
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1959Liberia–Hutchinson
1963–1965Independent
1965–1972Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1973Rokado–De Gribaldy
1974Jobo–Lejeune
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1967)
4 individual stages (1967, 1968, 1969)
Vuelta a España
General classification (1969)
2 individual stages (1969)

Roger Pingeon (pronounced [ʁɔʒe pɛ̃ʒɔ̃]; 28 August 1940 – 19 March 2017) was a professional road bicycle racer from France.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Carnet noir: Le cycliste Roger Pingeon est décédé" [Black book: The cyclist Roger Pingeon is dead]. Le Matin (Switzerland) (in French). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ Former Tour de France champion Roger Pingeon dies at 76