Pierre Barbotin
Pierre Barbotin
Personal information
Full namePierre Barbotin
Born(1926-09-29)29 September 1926
Died19 February 2009(2009-02-19) (aged 82)
Professional teams
1948-1950Stella-Dunlop
1951-1952Bottecchia
1953Stella-Wolber-Dunlop
1954Royal Condrix
1955-1957Saint Rafhael-R.Geminiani
1958Bobet BP Hutchinson
1959Margnat-Coupry
1960L.Bobet-BP-Hutchinson

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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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).[4][5][6] Barbotin won 13 victories in his career.[7]

Racing career

During his first season as a professional, Barbotin won third place in the Dijon-Lyon race in 1948.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] The same year, he finished second in the race for the Grand Prize of Switzerland.[11][12] In the 1951 Tour de France, Barbotin placed sixth in the final general classification.[13]

Victories

Below is a list of Barbotin's racing victories between 1949 and 1957:[14][15]

1949

1950

1951

1954

  • Tour du Sud-Est, stage 6[21]

1955

  • L'Etoile du Léon (referred to as "critérium du Léon" in 1955 and taking place at Cléder)[22]
  • Pontivy

1956

1957

  • Châteaugiron
  • Grand Prix de Nantes in 1960[24]

Other important results

Below are some other important results from Barbotin's cycling career, even though they may not have been first-place finishes:[25]

1948

  • 2nd place: Grand Prix du Libre-Poitou[26]
  • 3rd place: Dijon-Lyon[27]
  • 6th place: Grand Prix des Nations

1949

  • 2nd place: Manche-Océan
  • 3rd place: Grand Prix de Redon
  • 5th place: Grand Prix des Nations
  • 5th place: Grand Prix de Suisse

1950

  • 2nd place: Grand Prix de Suisse
  • 2nd place: Grand Prix du Pneumatique
  • 3rd place: Saint-Méen le Grand

1951

  • 2nd place: Championnat de France
  • 2nd place: Milan–San Remo
  • 2nd place: Critérium National
  • 5th place: Paris-Côte d'Azur
  • 6th place: Tour de France (2nd and 3rd stages)

1952

  • 7th place: Paris-Côte d'Azur

1953

  • 4th place: La Haye-Pesnel

1954

  • 3rd place: Paris-Valenciennes

1956

  • 2nd place: Critérium de Quillan
  • 2nd place: Paris-Nice (2è d'étape)
  • 2nd place: Felletin
  • 7th place: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 8th place: Critérium National

1957

  • 3rd place: Tour de l'Ouest
  • 3rd place: Tour de Normandie
  • 3rd place: Saint-Claud
  • 4th place: Manche-Océan

1958

  • 3rd place: Clohars-Carnoet
  • 7th place: Manche-Océan

1959

  • 3rd place: Bannalec
  • 10th place: Boucles de la Seine in 1959[28]

Teams

Barbotin participated on the following teams:[29]

  • 1948: Stella - Dunlop (France)
  • 1949: Stella - Dunlop (France)
  • 1950: Stella - Dunlop (France)
  • 1951: Bottecchia-Ursus (Italie)
  • 1951: Stella - Dunlop (France)
  • 1952: Stella - Huret (France)
  • 1952: Bottecchia (Italie)
  • 1953: Stella - Wolber - Dunlop (France)
  • 1954: Royal Codrix (France)
  • 1954: Stella - Wolber - Dunlop (France)
  • 1955: Saint-Raphael - R. Geminiani (France)
  • 1956: Saint-Raphael - R. Geminiani (France)
  • 1957: Saint-Raphael - R. Geminiani (France)
  • 1957: Velo Club Bustese (Italie) du 18-05 au 09-06
  • 1958: L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson (France)
  • 1959: Urago - d'Alessandro (France)
  • 1959: Bobet - BP - Hutchinson (France)
  • 1960: L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson (France)

Later life

After finishing his career as a professional cyclist in 1961,[30] Barbotin became a sales director of the regional newspaper Presse-Océan.[31]

References

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  22. ^"Etoile du Léon". Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  23. ^"Final classifications by cyclist - Critérium du Dauphiné - Pierre Barbotin". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  24. ^"DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN". Velo Club du Net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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  26. ^"G.P du Libre-Poitou". Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  27. ^"Dijon - Lyon 1948". Sitio de Ciclismo. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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