Henry Anglade

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Henry Anglade at the 1960 Tour de France

Henry Anglade (born July 6, 1933 in Thionville ) is a retired French cyclist .

Cycling career

Henry Anglade grew up in Lyon . A schoolmate, the later famous writer Albert Camus , invited him to go on bike rides. Anglade quickly found out that his fellow athletes could not follow him, and he joined the oldest Lyon cycling club "Vélo Griffon".

In 1956, Anglade first became independent , but in the same year also became a professional cyclist and broke off his engineering studies. His greatest success was second place in the 1959 Tour de France behind Federico Bahamontes , in front of Jacques Anquetil and Roger Rivière . He was the victim of rival parties within the French team that did not support him. In the same year he also came second in the Tour de Suisse. During the tour in 1960 he wore the yellow jersey for two days . In 1963 and 1965 he was fourth on the tour. In 1959 Anglade also won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and was French road champion, in 1965 he won the national title again.

Anglade was not considered a particularly strong driver, but a brilliant tactician. He was eloquent and adept at dealing with journalists. The other racing drivers, on the other hand, rejected him because of his “righteousness” and therefore called him “ Napoleon ” because of his petite stature .

Henry Anglade was doped with strychnine during the 1960 Tour de France and was in poor health. The strychnine is said to have been administered to him by his caretaker without his knowledge. He later confessed that he had been doping himself with amphetamines for several years.

In 1966, while in the lead, Anglade fell heavily on a criterion in Montélimar and withdrew from active cycling.

Professional

Anglade stained glass window in "Notre Dame des Cyclistes"

After his cycling career, he started working for the typewriter company Olympia .

In 1975 he became the sporting director of the Lejeune-BP cycling team , which took part in the Tour de France three times; Lucien Van Impe , Roy Schuiten and Ferdi Bracke were among his protégés .

Anglade learned the art of lead glass, designed and created the lead glass windows for the racing driver's band "Notre Dame des Cyclistes" in Labastide-d'Armagnac .

Henry Anglade was always in demand as an advertising medium in France. Most recently, he applied for hearing aids he had worn for Phonak in 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henry Anglade fait étape à Royan, comme en 1958. In: Sud Ouest. Retrieved November 2, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Historique. Velo Griffon Meyzieu, accessed November 2, 2015 .
  3. ^ Retour sur le Tour de France 1959 with Henry Anglade. In: France 3 Rhône-Alpes. July 2, 2013, accessed November 2, 2015 (French).
  4. ↑ a b Udo Witte: Campionissimo, Monsieur Chrono, Kannibale & Co .. BoD - Books on Demand, 2015, ISBN 978-3-738-69983-8 , p. 405 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  5. ↑ Doping cases on cycling4fans.de
  6. ↑ Historique de la Ronde du Parc (Montélimar). sjvc-montelimar.fr, accessed on November 14, 2015 (French).
  7. ^ A b Les "Hommes du Tour de France": Henri Anglade. velo101.com, July 10, 2002, accessed November 14, 2015 (French).
  8. ^ Henry Anglade, ancien professionnel de cyclisme et atteint de presbyacousie et équipé d'un intra-auriculaire Claro. phonal.fr, archived from the original on March 30, 2009 ; Retrieved October 27, 2013 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Anglade, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Thionville