Roger Walkowiak

Roger Walkowiak

Walkowiak in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Roger Walkowiak
Nickname	Walko
Born	(1927-03-02)2 March 1927 Montluçon, France
Died	6 February 2017(2017-02-06) (aged 89) Vichy, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
1951–1952	Gitane–Hutchinson
1953–1954	Peugeot–Dunlop
1955	Gitane–Hutchinson
1956	Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
1957–1959	Peugeot–BP–Dunlop
1960	Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1956) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (1956, 1957)

Roger Walkowiak (pronounced [ʁɔ.ʒe wal.kov.jak]; 2 March 1927 – 6 February 2017) was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89.^[1]