Introduction
Roger Pingeon ([ʁɔ.ʒe pɛ̃.ʒɔ̃];28 August 1940 – 19 March 2017) was a professional road bicycle racer from France.
Biography
Growing up near the Jura Mountains, he was a cross-country skier as a teenager before taking up bicycle racing. He spent two years in Algeria on military service before starting his professional cycling career relatively late. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the Tour de France. In 1969, Pingeon won the Vuelta a España and finished second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France. He took a total of four Tour de France stage wins and finished in the top five of the race's general classification three times during his career. After retiring from competition he worked as a consultant for Radio Télévision Suisse between 1979 and 1998. Pingeon died on 19 March 2017 at his home in the village of Beaupont in the Ain department, about 100 km away from his hometown of Hauteville-Lompnes, after suffering a heart attack.
Career achievements
Major results
Source:
- 1964
- 1st Poly Lyonnaise
- 1965
- 2nd Grand Prix de la Trinité
- 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Grand Prix des Nations
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 12th Overall Tour de France
- 1966
- 2nd Overall Critérium National
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Mont Faron hill climb
- 4th Grand Prix des Nations
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1968
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 15 and 18hh
- 1st Combativity Award
- 2nd National Road Race Championship
- 3rd Overall Critérium National
- 3rd Grand Prix of Baden-Baden (with Charly Grosskost)
- 3rd Mont Faron hill climb
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1970
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
- 3rd Mont Faron Hill Climb
- 4th Overall Critérium National
- 1971
- 3rd Trophée Baracchi (with Bernard Thévenet)
- 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Grand Prix des Nations
- 1972
- 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Points classification
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1974
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec
- 1st Prix de Saint-Claud
- 1st Prix de La Bastide
- 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Grand Tour results timeline
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour de France | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | DNF-7B | DNE | DNF-9 | DNE | 11 |
| Stages won | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mountains classification | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | NR | — | NR | — | NR |
| Points classification | 17 | NR | 8 | 11 | 4 | NR | — | NR | — | NR |
| Giro d'Italia | DNE | DNE | DNF | DNF | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mountains classification | — | — | NR | NR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | N/A | — | NR | NR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | 1 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF-5 | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | NR | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | NR | — | — | — | NR | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did Not Enter |
| DNF-x | Did Not Finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did Not Start (no started on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not Ranked in this classification |