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French cyclist between 1960 and 1977. His main victories are: 6 stages of the Tour de France between 1962 and 1974, the Vuelta a España in 1964 (and 4 stages between 1964 and 1967), Milan-San Remo in 1961, the French National Championship in 1961, the Flèche Wallone in 1963, the Grand Prix des Nations in 1963, the Dauphiné-Libéré in 1966 and 1969, Paris-Nice in 1972 and 1973, the Criterium National in 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971 and 1972, the Super Prestige Pernod Trophy in 1964, the Catalan Week in 1971, the Critérium des As in 1972, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre in 1973. He also finished 3 times second at the Tour de France (1964, 1965 and 1974) and 5 times third (1962, 1966, 1969, 1972 and 1976) and also one time second in the Vuelta (1965).

Father in law of Adrie van der Poel and grandfather of cyclo-cross sportsmen David and Mathieu van der Poel .