Claude Guyot (cyclist)

Claude Gayot, 1967

Claude Guyot (born January 16, 1947 in Savigny sur Orge , France ) is a former French cyclist .

Athletic career

Claude Guyot, brother of Bernard Guyot , who was one year older and also cycling, first drew attention to himself as an amateur rider in 1965 with a second place in the one-day race Paris – Troyes . He then took part in the Tour de l'Avenir three times , where he finished second in the first stage in 1965, won the twelfth stage in 1966 and the fourth stage in 1967. In 1967 he achieved his best tour result with eleventh place. He had previously won his first major victory in the traditional French race Paris-Ezy in 1966. At the UCI Road World Championships in 1966 at the Nürburgring , he finished 51st in the amateur road race.

He did better at the 1967 World Cup and was only runner-up in the sprint by Englishman Graham Webb .

Guyot celebrated his first victory as a professional driver in February 1968 at the Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël, a French one-day race. He now rode with his brother for the French cycling team Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune. This year Claude Guyot won nor the criteria of Auxerre and Tréguier and reached second place at the Grand Prix of Cannes . His appearances at the cycling classics Paris – Tours 1968 and 1969 and Milan – Sanremo 1968 brought him only placements at the bottom of the result lists. Only in criteria did Guyot achieve first and second place in 1969 after he switched to the French team Sonolor-Lejeune. When Sonolor did not renew his contract after the 1970 season, in which Guyot drove without significant results, he ended his career as a professional driver.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 35/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 10 .
2. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 41/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 4 .

Web links

• Claude Guyot in the Radsportseiten.net database