André Desvages

André Jules Léon Desvages (born March 12, 1944 in Graye-sur-Mer ; † June 2 or June 3, 2018 ) was a French cyclist.

Athletic career

Desvages achieved his first significant success in 1963 when he won the team time trial at the Mediterranean Games in Dakar with the French team , he finished in the individual race in place. He started his professional career in 1967 in the Peugeot-BP-Michelin team (France), with which he stayed for two years. He then moved to Frimatic-De Gribaldy (France). A year later (1970) he ended his cycling career in which he could achieve a total of four victories.

Palmarès

year	success		run
1964	6th		Olympic Games (team time trial)
1965	winner		Paris - Troyes (France)
	3.		World championship, road, 100 km team time trial
	winner	7th stage	Peace ride
	3.	10th stage, part a
	3.	6th stage
	3.	2nd stage	Tour de l'Avenir
	winner	11th stage
	2.	12th stage
1966	winner	8th stage	Peace ride
	3.	13th stage
1967	winner	5th stage	Paris - Nice
	winner	7th stage
1968	winner	5th stage, part a	Tour de France
1969	winner		Ploulaouen (France)
1970	2.		Saint-Mars d'Outille (France)

Remarks

1. ^ Carnet: Décès d'un ancien vainqueur d'étape sur le Tour de France. In: orange.fr. June 3, 2018, accessed July 2, 2018 (French). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Pascal Sergent: Encyclopedie illustree des coureurs francais depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, p. 224 (French).
3. ↑ The 5th stage consisted of two parts:
   • Part a = 165 km from Rouen (France) to Bagnoles de l'Ornes (France)
   • Part b = 154.5 km from Bagnoles de l'Ornes (France) to Dinard (France)

Web links

• André Desvages in the Radsportseiten.net database
• André Desvages in the Tour de France database(French / English )
• André Desvages in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )