Roger Gaignard
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Roger Gaignard (r.) With Jan Derksen (center) and Arie van Vliet at the 1957 World Cup in Liège |
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Nickname | clown |
Date of birth | April 13, 1933 |
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End of career | 1966 |
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Last updated: May 28, 2019 |
Roger Gaignard (born April 13, 1933 in Paris ) is a former French track cyclist .
As a track cyclist, Roger Gaignard specialized in sprinting . In 1954 he achieved his first two great successes: He came third in the amateur sprint at the 1954 UCI track world championships in Cologne and took second place in the renowned sprint classic Grand Prix de Paris .
In 1955 Gaignard became a professional and took third place in the French championship in the professional sprint; the following year he won the championship title and came second again at the Grand Prix de Paris . By 1965 he was a six-time French sprint champion. In 1957 he again finished third in the sprint at a World Track Championships . On non-European tracks, he won the 1964 North American sprint championship. In 1954 he improved the world records over 1000 meters with a standing or flying start. He won several international sprint tournaments, such as the 1958 Grand Prix de l´UCI , where he defeated the reigning world champion Jan Derksen . He also won the Copenhagen Grand Prix and the Amsterdam Grand Prix that year.
He also started in 20 six-day races .
Roger Gaignard, who came from a circus family, was nicknamed a clown because he worked as a circus clown during his cycling career and afterwards.
successes
- 1954
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Amateur World Championship - Sprint
- 1956
- 1957
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World Championship - Sprint
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French champion - sprint
- 1958
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
Web links
- Roger Gaignard in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Van den Bremt, Joel Godaert, Paul De Keyser: Gotha Velo . Ed .: Velo. Mechelen 2005, ISBN 90-804763-3-1 , p. 210 .
- ^ Paul Bering, Albert van Laethen (ed.): Le Cyclisme . Brussels 1958, p. 173 (French).
- ↑ Cycling , No. 35, August 31, 1954, p. 8.
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SURNAME | Gaignard, Roger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |