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Raymond Louviot

Raymond Louviot

French-Swiss cyclist


Raymond Louviot (17 December 1908 – 14 May 1969) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was the grandfather of cyclist Philippe Louviot.

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He became a team manager after retirement. The British cyclist, Brian Robinson, accuses a commercial tie-up between Louviot and Miguel Poblet a rival in another team, for denying him first place in the 1957 Milan–San Remo. Robinson said:

My manager, Raymond Louviot, had a tie-up in the cycle trade with Poblet. He told me that if Poblet was anywhere near me it was my job to get him over the line first. I buggered off up a hill, then my manager came up and told me 'Remember what I told you.' Poblet won, I was third, that is my biggest regret. If I had won I would have been made for life.[1][2]

Major results

1933
Tour du Midi
Grand Prix des Nations
1934
 France national road race championship
Tour de France:
Winner stage 22
1936
Paris - Sedan
1937
Circuit des Deux-Sèvres
Paris - Soissons
Tour du Sud-Ouest
1938
Paris - Rennes
1939
Tour de France:
Winner stage 4
1940
Critérium de France
1941
GP de l'Auto
Paris - Nantes
1947
GP Ouest-France

References

  1. Cycling, UK, 25 April 1992
  2. Woodland, Les (2005), This Island Race, Mousehold Press, UK



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