Jack wrote:
> My favorite racer, besides Major Taylor...On his deathbed Anquetil told
him, "Once again Raymond, you will finish behind me."
>
> Raymond Poulidor appears at each TdF--more and more he's a god over there.
>
> Rightly so, as no other French rider ever has had the class he did.
>
> I loathe the 'Eternal Second' nickname assigned to him-- (far worse, even
than 'Pou Pou').
Poulidor was indeed a pure-bred. His palmarès includes: 1960: Bordeaux-Saintes (Fra) 1961: Milan-San Remo (Ita) 1961: Mont-Faron Hillclimb (Fra) 1961: French National Championship 1963: Flèche Wallone (Bel) 1963: GP Tulle (Fra) 1963: GP des Nations (Fra) 1963: GP Lugano (Swi) 1964: GP Cannes (Fra) 1964: Critérium National (Fra) 1964: GC Vuelta a España (Spa) 1964: Super Prestige 1965: Montjuich Hillclimb (Spa) 1966: Critérium National (Fra) 1966: Mont-Faron Hillclimb (Fra) 1966: Subida a Arrate (Spa) 1966: Dauphiné Libéré (Fra) 1967: Circuit de l'Aulne Chateaulin (Fra) 1967: Montjuich Hillclimb (Spa) 1967: GP Lausanne (Swi) 1967: Grand Prix Le Télégramme 1968: Subida a Arrate (Spa) 1968: Critérium National (Fra) 1968: Montjuich Hillclimb (Spa) 1969: Circuit des Six Provinces (Fra) 1969: Tour du Haut-Var (Fra) (Nice-Seillans) 1969: Criterium du Dauphiné Libére 1971: Critérium National (Fra) 1971: Semana Catalana (Spa) 1971: L'étoile des espoirs (Fra) 1972: Paris-Nice (Fra) 1972: Critérium National (Fra) 1972: Critérium des As (Fra) 1972: Mont-Chauve Hillclimb (Fra) 1973: Paris-Nice (Fra) 1973: Midi Libre (Fra)
> p.s. and Jacky Durand is called DuDu--what's up with these nicknames?
Maybe the name is indicative of Jacky's riding of late? Or perhaps they are waiting for Yogi Bear to come around with Boo-Boo?
Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ
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