Désiré Letort
{{Short description|French cyclist (1943–2012)}}
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| birth_place = Corseul, France
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Désiré Letort (29 January 1943 – 9 September 2012) was a French cyclist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Cyclisme.-Disparition-de-Desire-Letort_44096-2111624-fils-tous_filDMA.Htm |title=Cyclisme. Disparition de Désiré Letort - Plancoët - Cyclisme |language=fr |publisher=ouest-france.fr |access-date=2012-09-11}} His sporting career began with ACBB Paris.{{Cite book|title=Livre d'Or 1963|last=Miroir du Cyclisme|year=1963|location=Paris|pages=82}} His career best finishes in the Tour de France were 17th in 1971, 9th in 1969 and 4th in 1967.
Biography
Letort was born in Corseul. He won the French national road race championship in 1967, but after the race failed the doping tests.
Letort raced in eight Tours de France. He wore the yellow jersey in the 1969 Tour de France for one day after stage 5.{{cite web|url=http://www.ledicodutour.com/etapes/etapes_1967_1976/1969.htm|title=1969 Tour de France jerseys}}
Major results
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;1963
:French military champion
:{{Interlanguage link|Circuit des deux provinces|fr}}
;1966
;1967
:{{FRA}} national road race championship {{small|failed doping test}}
;1968
:Critérium de Saint-Georges-de-Chesné
;1969
;1970
:Issé
;1971
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Grand tour results
= Tour de France =
= Vuelta a España =
= Giro d'Italia =
- 1972 : DNF
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/letort_desire.php |title=Palmarès |language=fr |access-date=2009-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011033606/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/letort_desire.php |archive-date=2008-10-11 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
- {{Cycling Archives|4135}}
- [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/fr/3827.html Official Tour de France results]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Tour de France combativity award winners}}
{{French National Road Race Championships (men) |state=collapsed}}
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Category:Cyclists from Côtes-d'Armor
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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