Serge Beucherie

Serge Beucherie, 2014

Serge Beucherie (born January 17, 1955 in Sannois ) is a former French cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Athletic career

In 1975 he had his first international success with a stage win on the Rapport Tour in South Africa . As an amateur , he was able to win the French championship in the team pursuit in 1977. The following year he became a professional driver in the French Fiat team and drove his first Tour de France , three more starts followed. In 1981 he had his best result in the overall ranking with 31st place. His start as a professional in 1978 was successful with a stage win at the Four Days of Dunkirk . Nevertheless, he allowed himself to be reamateurised in late 1979 when he did not get a new contract and drove the 1980 season for his home club AC Boulogne-Billancourt . He won the Paris – Conerre race that season. A year later, after a new contract offer, he was back as a professional with Sem-France-Loire . That year, surprisingly for the public as an unknown driver, he won the French championship in the professional road race ahead of Bernard Vallet . He ended his career in 1985 after winning six races as a professional.

Professional

After his active career, he was the sporting director of cycling teams such as Z, Gan and Crédit Agricole   and IAM .

Web links

Commons : Serge Beucherie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Serge Beucherie in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 400 .
2. ^ Serge Beucherie champion de France inattendu et astucieux. In: lemonde.fr. June 22, 1981, accessed February 23, 2020 (French). 
3. ^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 70 (French).
4. ↑ BEUCHERIE Serge. In: uci.org. January 18, 2011, accessed February 23, 2020 .