Jean de Gribaldy

Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 2 January 1987) was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 and 1948.[1][2]

Jean de Gribaldy
Jean de Gribaldy, Besançon, September 1980
Personal information
Full nameJean de Gribaldy
NicknameLe Vicomte
Born18 July 1922
Besançon, France
Died2 January 1987(1987-01-02) (aged 64)
Voray-sur-l'Ognon, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider/Team leader
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1945–1949Peugeot - Dunlop
1950Mervil
1951–1954Terrot
Managerial teams
1964Grammont - de Gribaldy
1965Grammont - Motoconfort / Tigra - Meltina - de Gribaldy / Wolhauser Sirops Berger
1966Tigra - Meltina - de Gribaldy
1967Tigra - Grammont / Tigra - Enicar
1968Frimatic - Viva - de Gribaldy/Tigra - Enicar
1969Frimatic - Viva - de Gribaldy
1969Frimatic - Viva - de Gribaldy - Wolber (Tour de France)
1970Wolhauser - Ravis - de Gribaldy
1970Frimatic - de Gribaldy
1971Hoover - de Gribaldy
1972Van Cauter - Magniflex - de Gribaldy
1975Miko - de Gribaldy
1976Miko - de Gribaldy - Superia
1977Velda - Latina Assicurazioni - Flandria
1978Velda - Lano-Flandria
1979Flandria - CA VA SEUL
1980Puch - Sem - Campagnolo
1981Sem - France Loire - Campagnolo
1982Sem - France Loire - Campagnolo
1983Sem- France Loire - Mavic - Reydel
1984Skil - Sem - Mavic - Reydel
1985Skil - Reydel - Sem
1986Kas - Mavic - Tag Heuer

Biography

Born in Besançon, Doubs département, Gribaldi was a professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954. He 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, where 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.

Bibliography

  • (in French) Pierre Diéterlé, Jean de Gribaldy, la légende du Vicomte, Editions du Sekoya, 2014 ISBN 978-2-84751-137-6

References

  1. "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. "35ème Tour de France 1948" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. 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.
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