Raymond Delisle

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Raymond Delisle (1976)

Raymond Delisle (born March 11, 1943 in Ancteville , † August 11, 2013 in Hébécrevon , Département Manche ) was a French cyclist .

Career

In 1963, Raymond Delisle, while still an amateur , was third in the Tour de l'Avenir , and the following year French champion in team time trial . In 1965 Delisle turned pro and competed twelve times in the Tour de France in the following years . In 1969 he won a stage, also in 1976 , wore the yellow jersey for two days , finished fourth overall and was named the most combative driver . He was ninth in 1977 , eleventh in 1970 , 1972 and 1973 , twelfth in 1974 , and sixteenth in 1975 . In 1973 he was the first to reach the Col de Portet-d'Aspet , in 1974 the Port d'Envalira and in 1980 the Col de Peyresourde .

In 1969 Delisle became French road racing champion. In 1970 he was able to win the race again, but the title was revoked because of a positive doping test. In 1975 he won the Tour du Haut-Var and in 1977 the Trophée des Grimpeurs . At the Vuelta a España 1974 he won a stage.

On August 11, 2013, at the age of seventy, Raymond Delisle committed suicide in Hébécrevon in Normandy , where he lived in seclusion .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Raymond Delisle
  2. ^ Fédération Française de Cyclisme (Ed.): La France Cycliste . Paris June 25, 1970, p. 1 (French).
  3. ↑ Death: French national hero Raymond Delisle takes his own life at the age of 70 - live-radsport.ch (accessed on August 12, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Delisle, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Ancteville
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2013
Place of death Hébécrevon