Jacques Anquetil
Actor, Award Winner
1934 – 1987
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Who was Jacques Anquetil?
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field—Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes—but he did it. His victories in stage races such as the Tour were built on an exceptional ability to ride alone against the clock in individual time trial stages, which lent him the name "Monsieur Chrono".
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- Born
- Jan 8, 1934
Mont-Saint-Aignan - Also known as
- Анкетиль, Жак
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Janine Boeda
(1958/12/22 - )
- Janine Boeda
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Seine-Maritime
- Mont-Saint-Aignan
- Died
- Nov 18, 1987
Rouen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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