André Darrigade
André Darrigade (born 24 April 1929 in Narrosse) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France. Five of those Tour victories were on opening days, a record tied by Fabian Cancellara in 2012 (who won 4 prologues and an individual time trial in 2009).
Darrigade at the 1956 Tour de France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | André Darrigade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Le Lévrier des Landes (The Landes Greyhound) Le Landais bondissant (The Leaping Landais) Dédé | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1929 Narrosse, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1955 | La Perle–Hutchinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1957 | Bianchi–Pirelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Helyett–Potin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Helyett–Leroux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Alcyon–Leroux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1963 | Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Margnat–Paloma–Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Kamomé–Dilecta–Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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