Jean de Gribaldy
![]() Jean de Gribaldy, Besançon, September 1980 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean de Gribaldy |
Nickname | Le Vicomte |
Born | 18 July 1922 Besançon, France |
Died | 2 January 1987 Voray-sur-l'Ognon, France | (aged 64)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider/Team leader |
Rider type | Climber |
Professional teams | |
1945–1949 | Peugeot - Dunlop |
1950 | Mervil |
1951–1954 | Terrot |
Managerial teams | |
1964 | Grammont - de Gribaldy |
1965 | Grammont - Motoconfort / Tigra - Meltina - de Gribaldy / Wolhauser Sirops Berger |
1966 | Tigra - Meltina - de Gribaldy |
1967 | Tigra - Grammont / Tigra - Enicar |
1968 | Frimatic - Viva - de Gribaldy/Tigra - Enicar |
1969 | Frimatic - Viva - de Gribaldy |
1969 | Frimatic - Viva - de Gribaldy - Wolber (Tour de France) |
1970 | Wolhauser - Ravis - de Gribaldy |
1970 | Frimatic - de Gribaldy |
1971 | Hoover - de Gribaldy |
1972 | Van Cauter - Magniflex - de Gribaldy |
1975 | Miko - de Gribaldy |
1976 | Miko - de Gribaldy - Superia |
1977 | Velda - Latina Assicurazioni - Flandria |
1978 | Velda - Lano-Flandria |
1979 | Flandria - CA VA SEUL |
1980 | Puch - Sem - Campagnolo |
1981 | Sem - France Loire - Campagnolo |
1982 | Sem - France Loire - Campagnolo |
1983 | Sem- France Loire - Mavic - Reydel |
1984 | Skil - Sem - Mavic - Reydel |
1985 | Skil - Reydel - Sem |
1986 | 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 1947 and 1948 Tour de France.[1][2]
Biography[]
Born in Besançon, former professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954, Jean de Gribaldy 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, city in which 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, (Doubs département).
Bibliography[]
- (in French) Pierre Diéterlé, Jean de Gribaldy, la légende du Vicomte, Editions du Sekoya, 2014 ISBN 978-2-84751-137-6
References[]
- ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "35ème Tour de France 1948" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- jeandegribaldy.com, a complete site about Jean de Gribaldy (French)
- Cyclismag: Le Vicomte conteur (French)
- Cyclismag: De Gri, le découvreur de pépites (French)
- Cyclismag: Bouts d'ficelle (French)
- 1922 births
- 1987 deaths
- Sportspeople from Besançon
- French male cyclists