Roger Hassenforder

Personal information
Full name	Roger Hassenforder
Nickname	Boute-en-train
Date of birth	July 23, 1930 (1930-07-23) (age 79)
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)1
1952 1953 1953-1954 1955-1960 1961 1962-1964 1965	Bertin-d'Alessandro Mercier-Hutchinson La Perle - Hutchinson Saint Raphael-Geminiani Alcyon - Leroux Bertin - Porter 39 - Milremo individual
Major wins
8 stages Tour de France
Infobox last updated on:
May 22, 2008 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Roger Hassenforder (Sausheim, 23 July 1930) is a former French professional racing cyclist from Alsace.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Palmares 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Hassenforder was a professional cyclist from 1952 to 1965. He was known as the joker of the cyclists and therefore was nicknamed "boute-en-train". He was known for his interviews during the course. His major victories as cyclist were in the Tour de France, he did not won much other courses. His top years were 1955-1959, when he won 8 stages in the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days.

After his cycling career he opened a restaurant in Kaysersberg, that was a favourite meeting place for cycling fans in the 1960s, and is still run by the Hassenforder family.

[edit] Palmares

[edit] Sources

• Jean-Paul Olivier: Roger Hassenforder, Collection la Véridique Histoire, Paris 1999.

[edit] External links

• Roger Hassenforder profile at the Cycling Website
• Palmarès (French)
• Homepage of Hotel-Restaurants 'Roger Hassenforder'

Persondata
NAME	Hassenforder, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1930-07-23
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sausheim
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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