Jean de Gribaldy

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Jean de Gribaldy
Peugeot–Dunlop
1950Mervil
1951–1954Terrot
Managerial teams
1964Grammont–de Gribaldy
1965Grammont–Motoconfort / Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy / Wolhauser Sirops Berger
1966Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy
1967Tigra–Grammont / Tigra–Enicar
1968Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy/Tigra–Enicar
1969Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy
1969Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy–Wolber (Tour de France)
1970Wolhauser–Ravis–de Gribaldy
1970Frimatic–de Gribaldy
1971Hoover–de Gribaldy
1972Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy
1975Miko–de Gribaldy
1976Miko–de Gribaldy–Superia
1977
Kas–Mavic–Tag Heuer

Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 – 2 January 1987) was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 and 1948.[1][2]

Biography

Born in

département, Gribaldi was a professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954. He began a successful career as a directeur sportif
in the mid-1960s.

Nicknamed le Vicomte ("the Viscount") due to his aristocratic ancestry,[3] he discovered Sean Kelly, Joaquim Agostinho, and Éric Caritoux. He gave a second chance to many riders dropped by other teams. Most saw their career take a new dimension under Jean de Gribaldy.

A street in Besançon, where he was a shopkeeper, has been named Montée Jean de Gribaldy since 1994. Each year, a Jean de Gribaldy cycling race is organized in Besançon.

Bibliography

  • (in French) Pierre Diéterlé, Jean de Gribaldy, la légende du Vicomte, Editions du Sekoya, 2014

References

  1. ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ "35ème Tour de France 1948" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ Ryan, Barry (12 October 2017). "Extract: The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the rise of Irish Cycling's Golden Generation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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