biography
pronunciation:
[ãketeel]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1934–87)
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| biography:
| Racing cyclist, born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Normandy, NW France. He was the first man to win the Tour de France five times (1957, 1961–4). He also won the Tour of Italy in 1960 and 1964 and the Tour of Spain in 1963. An outstanding time-trialist, he won the Grand Prix des Nations a record nine times between 1953 and 1965. He retired in 1969. |
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