Roger Pingeon | Personal information |
| Full name | Roger Pingeon |
| Date of birth | August 28, 1940 (1940-08-28) (age 69) |
| Country | France |
| Team information |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins |
1967 Tour de France 1969 Vuelta a España |
| Infobox last updated on: |
| May 24, 2008 |
Roger Pingeon (born August 28, 1940 in Hauteville) is a retired professional road bicycle racer from France. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the Tour de France. In 1969, Pingeon won the Vuelta a España and came second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France.
[edit] Major achievements
- 1964
- 1st, Poly Lyonnaise
- 1965
- 5th, Grand Prix des Nations
- 5th overall, Dauphiné Libéré
- 12th overall, Tour de France
- 1966 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin
- 8th overall, Tour de France
- 1967 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1st overall and Stage 5a win, Tour de France - 1968 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin
- 5th overall and Stage 15 and 18 wins, Tour de France
- 2nd, France National Road Race Championship
- 7th, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 1969 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1st overall, 2nd KoM, and Stage 12 and 14b wins, Vuelta a España - 2nd overall, 2nd KoM, and Stage 9 win, Tour de France
- KoM, Dauphiné Libéré
- 1970 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin
- 2nd overall, Dauphiné Libéré
- 1972 – Peugeot-BP-Michelin
- 1st, Stage 1, Dauphiné Libéré
- 2nd overall and 3rd points classification, Tour de Suisse
- 5th overall, Tour de Romandie
- 1973 – Rokado
- -
- 1974 – Jobo-Lejeune
- 1st, Grand Prix de Plumelec
- 1st, Prix de Saint-Claud
- 1st, Prix de La Bastide
[edit] Grand Tour results timeline
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
| Tour | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | DNF-7B | DNE | DNF-9 | DNE | 11 |
| Stages won | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mountains classification | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | NR | — | NR | — | NR |
| Points classification | 17 | NR | 8 | 11 | 4 | NR | — | NR | — | NR |
| Giro | DNE | DNE | DNF | DNF | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mountains classification | — | — | NR | NR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | N/A | — | NR | NR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | 1 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF-5 | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | NR | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | NR | — | — | — | NR | — |
Legend | 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did Not Enter |
| DNF-x | Did Not Finish (retired on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not Ranked in this classification |