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Roger Walkowiak was born on 2 March, 1927 in Montluçon, France. He was a professional cyclist from 1950 to 1962. He was a two-time French national champion and won the 1956 Tour de France. He also won the 1957 Giro d'Italia and the 1958 Vuelta a España. Walkowiak was a professional cyclist for 12 years, from 1950 to 1962. During his career, he won two French national championships, the 1956 Tour de France, the 1957 Giro d'Italia, and the 1958 Vuelta a España. He also won several stages in the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España. Walkowiak retired from professional cycling in 1962 and went on to become a cycling coach. He coached the French national team from 1965 to 1967 and the Dutch national team from 1968 to 1970. He also coached several professional teams, including the Dutch team PDM-Concorde and the French team RMO-Bic. Walkowiak is now 90 years old and is still active in the cycling world. He is a member of the French Cycling Federation and is a regular commentator on cycling events. He is also a member of the International Cycling Hall of Fame.

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Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 2 March, 1927
Birthday 2 March
Birthplace Montluçon, France
Date of death (2017-02-06)
Died Place Vichy, France
Nationality France

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2016

It took many years to persuade Walkowiak that there was merit in what he had done and, though he lived quietly in south-west France, he did talk about the day he became the unknown who won the world's greatest cycling race. After the death of Ferdi Kübler on 29 December 2016, Walkowiak was for a short while the oldest Tour de France winner still alive. Following Walkowiak's death in February 2017, the oldest living Tour winner is Federico Bahamontes, who won the Tour in 1959.

1957

That reaction depressed Walkowiak. He rode the Tour the following year, but slipped from top of the field to almost the bottom. He rode the Tour of Spain, the Vuelta a España, in 1957 and won a stage, raced a further two years and then retired to run a bar in the area from which he had left, as an unknown, to win the Tour de France. When even his customers teased him about winning the Tour, he lost confidence still more and went back to working on a lathe in the car factory in Montluçon that had employed him as a young man.

1931

Walkowiak escaped on the 7th stage from Lorient to Angers in a group of 31 riders that won that day by over 18 minutes. The advantage was enough to give him the yellow jersey of the overall race lead. At this stage the race's stars did not consider this 'insignificant' rider to be a risk.

1930

From 1930 the Tour de France had been contested by national and regional teams. Roger Walkowiak was recruited for the French regional Nord-Est-Centre team, representing the North-east and Centre of France, despite coming from Montluçon in the South-West. He was the only rider available at late notice to replace an original team member, Gilbert Bauvin, who had been promoted to France's main team.

1927

Roger Walkowiak (pronounced [ʁɔ.ʒe wal.kov.jak]; 2 March 1927 – 6 February 2017) was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89.

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