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Jacques Anquetil
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Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987) was a French male sport cyclist and athlete who specialized in road bicycle racing. Born Jacques Eugène Ernest Anquetil in Mont-Saint-Aignan, he represented France in international competition, including the 1952 Summer Olympics, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España. His professional career included memberships with the Bic, Ford France-Hutchinson, Saint-Raphaël-Gitane-Dunlop, and Helyett-Hutchinson teams.
Anquetil’s physical attributes were recorded as a height of 176 and a mass of 70. He was recognized as a stage race rouleur. In addition to his athletic achievements, he was an author with four listed works, including *El alquimista de la luz*, *Les routes de la laine*, *Cameroun*, and *Carpets (Techniques, Traditions and History)*. He received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour. Anquetil died in Rouen in 1987 from stomach cancer.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- El alquimista de la luz
- Les routes de la laine
- Cameroun
- Carpets (Techniques, Traditions and History) (Techniques, Traditions and History)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 14
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
· 2021 · cited 79,244x
- Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2018 · cited 53,830x
- Global cancer statistics
· 2011 · cited 23,192x
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,629x
- Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2024 · cited 20,680x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Jacques Anquetil
- Nickname
- Monsieur Chrono, Maître Jacques
- Born
- ( 1934-01-08 ) 8 January 1934, Mont-Saint-Aignan , France
- Died
- 18 November 1987 (1987-11-18) (aged 53), Rouen , France
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
- Discipline
- Road and track
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- Time trialist , All-rounder
- 1950 1952
- AC Sottevillais
- 1953 1955
- La Perle
- 1956 1961
- Helyett–Potin–Hutchinson
- 1962 1964
- Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
- 1965 1966
- Ford France–Gitane
- 1967 1969
- Bic–Hutchinson
via Wikipedia infobox
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Jacques Anquetil ( pronounced [ʒak ɑ̃k.til]; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) 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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacques Anquetil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.