Jean Dotto

Jean Dotto
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Baptiste Dotto
Nickname	Le Vigneron de Cabasse
Born	27 March 1928; St-Nazaire, France
Died	20 February 2000 (aged 71); Ollioules, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional teams
1948-1950	Independent (semi-professional)
1950	Urago
1951-1953	France Sport Dunlop
1953	Magnat-Debon-Wolber
1954	Magnat-Debon
1954	Terrot-Hutchinson
1955	Vampire d'Alessandro
1956	St-Raphaël-Dunlop-Geminiani
1957-1959	Liberia Hutchinson
1960-1962	Liberia-Grammont
1963	Margnat-Paloma
Major wins
	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1952, 1960); 1955 Vuelta a España

Jean-Baptiste Dotto (27 March 1928, in St-Nazaire – 20 February 2000, in Ollioules, France^[1]) was the first French racing cyclist to win the Vuelta a España. He rode the Tour de France 13 times, coming fourth in 1954.

Jean Dotto was born with Italian nationality. He became French in 1937.^[1] Dotto was a good climber. He became an independent, or semi-professional, in 1948 and won a race up Mont Ventoux^[2] that year and won Marseille-Toulon-Marseille and the climb of La Turbie, near Nice in 1950. He turned professional in 1951 for France-Sport-Dunlop and won five races, including three hill climbs, in his first season. He rode until 1963, winning 35 races,^[2] including the Dauphiné-Libéré twice. He won stage 19 of the 1954 Tour de France and next year won the Vuelta by beating Julio Jiménez of Spain and Raphaël Géminiani of France.