Désiré Letort
Encyclopedia
Biography
Letort won the French national road race championship in 1967, but after the race failed the doping tests.Letort raced in eight Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
s. He the yellow jersey in the 1969 Tour de France
1969 Tour de France
The 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km , ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h...
for one day after stage 5.
Palmarès
1963- French military champion
- Circuit des 2 provinces
1966
- Paris–Camembert
- SévignacSévignacSévignac is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Sévignac are called in French sévignacais.-External links:*...
1967
national road race championshipfailed doping test- SévignacSévignacSévignac is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Sévignac are called in French sévignacais.-External links:*...
1968
- Critérium de Saint-Georges-de-Chesné
1969
- PloerdutPloërdutPloërdut is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-References:* * -External links:* *...
- LavalLaval, MayenneLaval is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.It lies on the threshold of Brittany and on the border between Normandy and Anjou. Its citizens are called Lavallois.-Geography:...
- PlancoetPlancoëtPlancoët is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Plancoët are called plancoëtins.-External links:* *...
1970
- IsséIsséIssé is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-See also:*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department...
- HénonHénonHénon can refer to:* Hénon, Côtes-d'Armor, France* Michel Hénon, French mathematician* Hénon map, a chaotic dynamical system introduced by Michel Hénon* Guy Hénon, French field hockey player...
1971
- Tour du Haut VarTour du Haut VarThe Tour du Haut Var is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Provence region of France. From 2005 to 2008, it was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race was changed to a two-day 2.1 event.-Palmarès:...
- Nice-Seillans
Tour de France
- 19651965 Tour de FranceThe 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. In his first year as a professional, Felice Gimondi, a substitute replacement on the Salvarani team, captures the overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor, last year's second place finisher...
: DNF (=Did Not Finish) - 19661966 Tour de FranceThe 1966 Tour de France was the 53rd Tour de France, taking place June 21 to July 14, 1966. It consisted of 22 stages over 4303 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.760 km/h....
: 57 - 19671967 Tour de FranceThe 1967 Tour de France was the 54th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1967. It consisted of 22 stages over 4780 km, ridden at 35.018 km/h...
: 4 (winner combativity awardCombativity awardThe combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...
) - 19681968 Tour de FranceThe 1968 Tour de France was the 55th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1968. It consisted of 22 stages over 4684.8 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.894 km/h...
: DNF - 19691969 Tour de FranceThe 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km , ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h...
: 9 - 19701970 Tour de FranceThe 1970 Tour de France was the 57th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 19, 1970. It consisted of 23 stages over 4366 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.589 km/h....
: DNF - 19711971 Tour de FranceThe 1971 Tour de France was the 58th Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 18, 1971. It consisted of 22 stages over , ridden at an average speed of ....
: 17 - 19721972 Tour de FranceThe 1972 Tour de France was the 59th Tour de France, taking place July 1 to July 22, 1972. It consisted of 20 stages over 3846.6 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.371 km/h. The long awaited clash between Eddy Merckx and Luis Ocaña after Ocaña crashed on Col de Menté in the 1971 Tour de...
: DNF
Vuelta a España
- 19671967 Vuelta a EspañaThe 22nd Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 27 to May 14, 1967. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,940.5 km, and was won by Jan Janssen of the Pelforth cycling team...
: 27 - 19711971 Vuelta a EspañaThe 26th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 29 to May 16, 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km, and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team...
: 26 - 19721972 Vuelta a EspañaThe 27th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 27 to May 14, 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,086.6 km, and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas-Kaskol cycling team...
: DNF