Full name Pierre Barbotin 1954 Royal Condrix 1953 Stella-Wolber-Dunlop | 1951-1952 Bottecchia 1948-1950 Stella-Dunlop Name Pierre Barbotin | |
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Born 29 September 1926 ( 1926-09-29 ) 1955-1957 Saint Rafhael-R.Geminiani Died February 19, 2009, Nantes, France | ||
Pierre Barbotin (29 September 1926 – 19 February 2009) was a French racing cyclist, riding professionally from about 1948 to 1961. He was born in Nantes and died in the same city.
Contents
- Racing career
- Victories
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- Other important results
- 1948
- 1952
- 1953
- 1958
- 1959
- Teams
- Later life
- References
Barbotin become known in 1951 when he finished second to Louison Bobet in the Milan–San Remo cycle race between Milan and Sanremo. This race marked the beginning of the so-called "B-B" duo - that is, a Bobet-Barbotin partnership where Barbotin became one of the principal teammates of Bobet, especially as part of the Tour de France. Barbotin rode for various teams, including Stella Dunlop (1948–50), Bottechia (1951–52), Stella Wolber Dunlop (1953), Royal-Codrix (1954), Saint Raphael (1955–57), Margnat-Coupry (1959), and Bobet BP Hutchinson (1958, 1960). Barbotin won 13 victories in his career.
Racing career
During his first season as a professional, Barbotin won third place in the Dijon-Lyon race in 1948. The following year he won the team grand prize (Grand Prix de l'Équipe) with André Mahé and Marcel Dussault, and he placed second in the French bike race Manche-Ocean behind Joseph Morvan. In 1950, Barbotin enjoyed one of his greatest victories by winning the Critérium National de la Route, a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. The same year, he finished second in the race for the Grand Prize of Switzerland. In the 1951 Tour de France, Barbotin placed sixth in the final general classification.
Victories
Below is a list of Barbotin's racing victories between 1949 and 1957:
1949
1950
1951
1954
1955
1956
1957
Other important results
Below are some other important results from Barbotin's cycling career, even though they may not have been first-place finishes:
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1956
1957
1958
1959
Teams
Barbotin participated on the following teams:
Later life
After finishing his career as a professional cyclist in 1961, Barbotin became a sales director of the regional newspaper Presse-Océan.