Raymond Poulidor

Raymond Poulidor

Poulidor at the 1966 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Poulidor
Nickname	Poupou The Eternal Second
Born	(1936-04-15)15 April 1936 Masbaraud-Mérignat, France
Died	13 November 2019(2019-11-13) (aged 83) Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team
1960–1977	Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España General classification (1964) 4 individual stages Tour de France 7 individual stages Stage races Critérium International (1964, 1966, 1968, 1971–72) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1966, 1969) Paris–Nice (1972–73) One-day races and Classics Milan–San Remo (1961) La Flèche Wallonne (1963) Grand Prix des Nations (1963)
Medal record Representing France Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1974 Montréal Road race 1961 Bern Road race 1964 Sallanches Road race 1966 Nürburgring Road race

Raymond Poulidor (15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou", was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for Mercier his entire career.

He never once wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours, of which he completed 12. He did win one Grand Tour, the 1964 Vuelta a España.

On 13 November 2019, Raymond Poulidor died in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat of pulmonary edema. He had been in a hospital for two months prior, having suffered from heart problems.