Philippe Tesnière

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Philippe Tesnière Road cycling
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Date of birth February 1, 1955
date of death December 8, 1987
nation FranceFrance France
discipline Street
End of career 1981
Last updated: March 10, 2019

Philippe Tesnière (born February 1, 1955 in Ernée ; † December 8, 1987 ibid) was a French cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1978, in his first year as a professional , Tesnière, "one of the most charming boys in the peloton", competed in the Tour de France for the first time . He finished last in the overall ranking and was therefore the bearer of the so-called Lanterne Rouge . The popularity he gained earned him some well-paid starts on the following criteria . The following year he took part in the tour again and was back in last place in the overall standings after the 20th stage. At the same time he was leading in the points classification for the intermediate sprints, and it was his ambition to be the last to win this classification as well. He feared that the Austrian Gerhard Schönbacher would fall back in his place. The 21st stage was an individual time trial and Tesnière purposely drove slowly to keep last place. The winner of the time trial was Bernard Hinault with a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 53 seconds for 48.8 kilometers. Tesnière took 1 hour, 23 minutes and 32 seconds; that made him the slowest, but also 20 percent slower than Hinault. He had exceeded the waiting period and was taken out of the race. His team leader Raphaël Géminiani tried in vain to prevent this exclusion by arguing that Hinault drove “incredibly fast”.

In 1979 the Fiat team was disbanded and Tesnière was without a contract. Eventually he got the chance to drive for the Les amis du Tour team , which was set up for drivers without a contract. For the 1980 Tour , this team went together with Boston-Mavic , and the team leader Robert Lauwers promised Tesnière a contract if he did something special on the tour. On the first stage between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden , Tesnière made a breakaway attempt over 100 kilometers, although he could not maintain the lead to the finish, but collect enough points for the mountain classification , in which he led for two stages. On the third stage he collided with a spectator and had to end the race, but still got the promised contract. In 1981 he was 120th and penultimate on the tour. When Boston broke up in late 1981, Tesnière ended his professional career, but continued to race as an amateur until 1985 .

1987 with Philippe Tesnière cancer diagnosed when he died in December of that year at the age of 32 years.

successes

1981

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1978 1979 1980 1981
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia
Yellow jersey Tour de France 78 DNF DNF 120
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

  • 1978–1979 Fiat
  • 1980-1981 Boston-IFI-Mavic

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Max Leonard: Lanterne Rouge. Osburg Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-955-10125-1 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ A b Graham Healy: The 1979 Tour and the Fight for the Lanterne Rouge. In: The Bike Comes First. July 18, 2015, accessed March 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ De vroege dood van een, petit coureur ' ( Memento of 9 April 2009 at the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Tesnière Philippe. In: memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Tesnière, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Ernée
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1987
Place of death Ernée