Marcel Bidot

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Marcel Bidot (1929)

Marcel Bidot (born December 31, 1902 in Saint-Lyé ; † January 26, 1995 ibid) was a French cyclist and later sports director.

His most important success as an amateur was winning the Paris – Rouen race in 1922. Marcel Bidot was a professional cyclist from 1923 to 1939. In 1924 he won Paris – Bourges , in 1929 he was French road racing champion and in 1934 he won Paris – Troyes . He competed six times in the Tour de France : in 1926 he was tenth, in 1928 he won the fifth stage and was eighth overall, in 1929 he won the twelfth stage and was 16th in the Tour de France 1930 , which was driven with national teams he finished fifth.

From 1952 to 1968, Marcel Bidot was the successor to his brother Jean as the sporting director of the French national team at the Tour and at the UCI Road World Championships . Under his aegis, Jacques Anquetil had his greatest successes in the national team, which also won the tour six times during this time. Bidot also organized the Paris-Troyes race .

literature

  • Jean Augendre: Marcel Bidot. Souvenirs, ou l'épopée du Tour de France. Éditions de la Maison du boulanger, Troyes 1996, ISBN 2-9507895-5-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 75 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Bidot, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Lyé
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1995
Place of death Saint-Lyé