Jean de Gribaldy

Jean de Gribaldy
Jean de Gribaldy, Besançon, September 1980
Personal information
Full nameJean de Gribaldy
NicknameLe Vicomte
Born18 July 1922
Besançon, France
Died2 January 1987(1987-01-02) (aged 64)
Voray-sur-l'Ognon, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider/Team leader
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1945–1949Peugeot–Dunlop
1950Mervil
1951–1954Terrot
Managerial teams
1964Grammont–de Gribaldy
1965Grammont–Motoconfort / Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy / Wolhauser Sirops Berger
1966Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy
1967Tigra–Grammont / Tigra–Enicar
1968Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy/Tigra–Enicar
1969Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy
1969Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy–Wolber (Tour de France)
1970Wolhauser–Ravis–de Gribaldy
1970Frimatic–de Gribaldy
1971Hoover–de Gribaldy
1972Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy
1975Miko–de Gribaldy
1976Miko–de Gribaldy–Superia
1977Velda–Latina Assicurazioni–Flandria
1978Velda–Lano–Flandria
1979Flandria–Ça va seul
1980Puch–Sem–Campagnolo
1981Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo
1982Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo
1983Sem–France Loire–Mavic–Reydel
1984Skil–Sem–Mavic–Reydel
1985Skil–Reydel–Sem
1986Kas–Mavic–Tag Heuer

Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 – 2 January 1987) was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 and 1948.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Besançon, Doubs département, Gribaldi was a professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954. He began a successful career as a directeur sportif in the mid-1960s.

Nicknamed le Vicomte ("the Viscount") due to his aristocratic ancestry,[3] he discovered Sean Kelly, Joaquim Agostinho, and Éric Caritoux. He gave a second chance to many riders dropped by other teams. Most saw their career take a new dimension under Jean de Gribaldy.

A street in Besançon, where he was a shopkeeper, has been named Montée Jean de Gribaldy since 1994. Each year, a Jean de Gribaldy cycling race is organized in Besançon.

Bibliography

  • (in French) Pierre Diéterlé, Jean de Gribaldy, la légende du Vicomte, Editions du Sekoya, 2014 ISBN 978-2-84751-137-6

References

  1. ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ "35ème Tour de France 1948" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ Ryan, Barry (12 October 2017). "Extract: The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the rise of Irish Cycling's Golden Generation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.