Lucien Didier
Lucien Didier (born August 5, 1950 in Luxemburg , Luxemburg ) is a former Luxemburgish cyclist .
Life
After Didier won the François Faber Grand Prix three times among the amateurs and was once the road champion in his country, he became a professional with the Belgian cycling team Ijsboercke in 1977 .
Didier drove the Tour de France six times for the French team Renault from 1978 to 1984 . He was involved as Domestik in 1978 , 1979 , 1981 and 1982 in four of the five tour victories of Bernard Hinault and in 1983 and 1984 in the two victories by Laurent Fignon . He also competed twice each in the Vuelta a España and the Giro d'Italia . He supported the eventual winner Hinault as a helper at the Vuelta a España 1978 and the Giro d'Italia 1980 and 1982 . At the Vuelta a España in 1980 he achieved his best placement in the Grand Tours as 19th .
His greatest individual successes included overall victories at the Tour of Luxembourg in 1979 and 1983 as well as four Luxembourg professional road driving titles from 1977 to 1980. He also won the so-called three twice at these championships, which were held together with the championships of the German and Swiss associations Nations Championship . In 1979 he was voted Luxembourg Sportsman of the Year . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1972 in Munich he finished 56th in the road race, in 1976 in Montreal he was eliminated.
At the Luxembourg championship in 1982 Didier was outclassed for a positive doping control.
Familiar
Lucien Didier is related by marriage to the former racing cyclist Bim Diederich . His son Laurent Didier is also a cyclist.
successes
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Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |
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 Vuelta a España
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38 | - | 19th | - | - | - | - |
 Giro d'Italia
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- | - | 45 | - | 41 | - | - |
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Tour de France
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52 | 29 | - | 22nd | 25th | 52 | 72 |
Teams
- 1977 Ijsboercke
- 1978-1984 Renault
Individual evidence
- ^ Federation Du Sport Cycliste Luxembourgeois (ed.): 75 ans Federation Du Sport Cycliste Luxembourgeois . Self-published, Luxemburg 1992, p. 165 .
- ↑ Ralf Meutgens: Doping im Radsport , Bielefeld 2007, p. 259. ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6
Web links
- Lucien Didier in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Lucien Didier in the Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu database
1922 Franz Heck | 1923–1934 Nicolas Frantz | 1935, 1939 Arsène Mersch | 1936 Émile Bewing | 1937 Pierre Clemens | 1938, 1948 Mathias Clemens | 1945 Joseph Bintener | 1946, 1951 Jean Kirchen | 1947, 1950 Jean Goldschmit | 1949 Willy Kemp | 1952 Johny Goedert | 1953, 1954, 1955 Marcel Ernzer | 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 Charly Gaul | 1958 Jean-Pierre Schmitz | 1963, 1964 Roger Thull | 1965, 1973 Johny Schleck | 1966–1971 Edy Schütz | 1972, 1974-1976 Roger Gilson | 1977–1980 Lucien Didier | 1981–1983 Eugène Urbany | 1984, 1985 Claude Michely | 1986, 1987, 1988 Enzo Mezzapesa | 1989 Pascal Triebel | 1990 Pascal Kohlwelter | 1997 Daniel Bintz | 1998 Tom Flammang | 1999, 2004, 2006 Kim Kirchen | 2000, 2003, 2007 Benoît Joachim | 2001, 2002 Christian Poos | 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014 Fränk Schleck | 2009 Andy Schleck | 2012 Laurent Didier | 2013, 2015–2019 Bob Jungels | 2020 Kevin Geniets
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Didier, Lucien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourgish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luxembourg |