Roger Darrigade

Roger Darrigade (born January 14, 1935 in Narrosse ; † November 4, 2009 ibid) was a French cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Athletic career

His greatest achievement was winning the French amateur road race championship in 1955, having finished third on the podium the year before when Roger Bourgeois became champion. In the same year his brother André Darrigade became champion in the professional road race. From 1956 to 1963 he was a professional driver . His first racing team was Helyett , in which Jacques Anquetil was the captain. There he won a total of eleven races, including the Tour du Loiret in 1960 . At the end of the 1970 season, he ended his career.

Honors

The US Dax association organizes the Prix du Souvenir Roger Darrigade for young drivers every year .

Web links

Roger Darrigade in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 196 (French).
↑ admin: HEUGAS - Souvenir Roger DARRIGADE. In: ucairebarcelonne.fr. April 29, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2020 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Darrigade, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Narrosse
DATE OF DEATH	November 4, 2009
Place of death	Narrosse

[1] Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 196 (French).

[ucaireba-HEUGAS_--2] : HEUGAS - Souvenir Roger DARRIGADE. In: ucairebarcelonne.fr. April 29, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2020 (French).