Jacques Botherel

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Jacques Botherel (born December 1, 1946 in La Trinité-sur-Mer , France ) is a former French cyclist . It was 1965 world champion of amateurs in the road race .

Athletic career

Jacques ("Jackie) Botherel achieved his success in road cycling , which he initially practiced as an amateur . In the various youth classes he has participated in 59 races since his debut, which he competed with his brother in 1961. He was third in the French road championship 1965 18-year-old world champion in road racing , but only made it into the French squad for the UCI World Championship because the already nominated drivers Charly Grosskost and André Bayssière had been suspended on doping allegations a stage win each at Essor Breton (1966) and at the Tour of Belgium (1967). In 1969 he took part in several stage races, such as the three-country tour Internationale Friedensfahrt , where he finished 19th. Then he won that French stage race Tour de l'Yonne and started at the Tour de l'Avenir .

After Botherel had finished 1970 with no results worth mentioning, he moved to the professional paddock for the 1971 season with a contract with the French cycling team Hoover-De Gribaldy . He began his professional career with the French stage race Tour d'Indre-et-Loire , which he finished fourth. He had in his first serious test in the new environment 1971 Tour de France to pass, but was eliminated early. He showed more stamina on the tours of France in 1973 and 1974, but ended up at the end of the ranking with 71st and 86th place respectively. He did both tours for the French team Sonolor . In his other professional years he came next to a victory in the Criterium Pluméliau in Brittany in 1973 only at the 1973 Grand Prix d'Isbergues with fifth place in the top ranks. After the 1974 season, Botherel's professional contract with Sonolor was terminated and his career as a professional athlete came to an end. He was reamateurised, drove a few more races, but in 1975 he had no more success in the old profession and ended his cycling career.

Professional

Botherel worked as an oystercatcher in his parents' family business together with his brother and sister.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 46/1969 . Berlin, S. 8 .
  2. ^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs français depuis 1869 . Éditions Eecloonaar, Eeclo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , p. 98 .

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SURNAME Botherel, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH La Trinité-sur-Mer , France