Pierre Barbotin
{{Short description|French cyclist (1926–2009)}}
{{Expand French|Pierre Barbotin|topic=bio|date=April 2012}}
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| proteam6 = Bobet BP Hutchinson
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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.{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/barbotin_pierre.php|website=Memoire du cyclisme|accessdate=4 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=Décès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/deces-de-pierre-barbotin_sto1851368/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|accessdate=4 February 2015}}
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.{{cite web|title=Décès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/deces-de-pierre-barbotin_sto1851368/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|accessdate=4 February 2015}} 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).{{cite web|title=Tête de peloton|url=http://www.sportbreizh.com/Tete-de-peloton-Pierre-Barbotin-1331-18-0-1.html|website=sportbreizh.com|accessdate=5 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=905|website=dewielersite}}{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=3378&ra=17|website=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling|title=Pierre Barbotin}} Barbotin won 13 victories in his career.{{cite web|title=DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN|url=http://www.velo-club.net/route/world-tour/2-non-categorise/50372-|website=Velo Club du Net|accessdate=15 February 2015}}
Racing career
During his first season as a professional, Barbotin won third place in the Dijon-Lyon race in 1948.{{cite web|title=Tête de peloton|url=http://www.sportbreizh.com/Tete-de-peloton-Pierre-Barbotin-1331-18-0-1.html|website=sportbreizh.com|accessdate=5 February 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Tête de peloton|url=http://www.sportbreizh.com/Tete-de-peloton-Pierre-Barbotin-1331-18-0-1.html|website=sportbreizh.com|accessdate=5 February 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Tête de peloton|url=http://www.sportbreizh.com/Tete-de-peloton-Pierre-Barbotin-1331-18-0-1.html|website=sportbreizh.com|accessdate=5 February 2015}} The same year, he finished second in the race for the Grand Prize of Switzerland.{{cite web|title=Tête de peloton|url=http://www.sportbreizh.com/Tete-de-peloton-Pierre-Barbotin-1331-18-0-1.html|website=sportbreizh.com|accessdate=5 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/barbotin_pierre.php|website=Mémoire du cyclisme|accessdate=11 February 2015}} In the 1951 Tour de France, Barbotin placed sixth in the final general classification.{{cite web|title=BikeRaceInfo|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1951.html|access-date=4 February 2015}}
Victories
Below is a list of Barbotin's racing victories between 1949 and 1957:{{cite web|title=DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN|url=http://www.velo-club.net/route/world-tour/2-non-categorise/50372-|website=Velo Club du Net|accessdate=15 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/barbotin_pierre.php|website=Memoire du cyclisme|accessdate=4 February 2015}}
=1949=
=1950=
- Critérium International
- Premier Elan Parisien{{cite web|title=Premier élan parisien|url=http://www.museociclismo.it/content/corse/corsa/19184-Premier-élan-parisien/edizioni/1/19185.html|website=museociclismo.it|accessdate=19 February 2015}}
- Grand Prix des cycles Robert
- Hennebont{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/barbotin_pierre.php|website=memoire-du-cyclisme|accessdate=19 February 2015}}
=1951=
- Circuit de l'Indre{{cite web|title=Circuit de l'Indre|url=http://www.museociclismo.it/content/corse/corsa/13714-Circuit-de-l'Indre/edizioni.html|website=Museo Ciclismo|accessdate=19 February 2015}}
- Paris-Côte d'Azur, stage 3{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/barbotin_pierre.php|website=Memoire du cyclisme|accessdate=22 February 2015}}
=1954=
=1955=
- L'Etoile du Léon (referred to as "critérium du Léon" in 1955 and taking place at Cléder){{cite web|title=Etoile du Léon|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/disparues/anc_etoile_leon.php|website=Memoire du cyclisme|accessdate=3 April 2015}}
- Pontivy
=1956=
=1957=
Other important results
Below are some other important results from Barbotin's cycling career, even though they may not have been first-place finishes:{{cite web|title=Palmarès de Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/barbotin_pierre.php|website=Mémoire du cyclisme|accessdate=2 March 2015}}
=1948=
- 2nd place: Grand Prix du Libre-Poitou{{cite web|title=G.P du Libre-Poitou|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/disparues/anc_libre_poitou.php|website=Memoire du cyclisme|accessdate=2 March 2015}}
- 3rd place: Dijon-Lyon{{cite web|title=Dijon - Lyon 1948|url=http://www.sitiodeciclismo.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=36680|website=Sitio de Ciclismo|accessdate=3 March 2015}}
- 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{{cite web|title=DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN|url=http://www.velo-club.net/route/world-tour/2-non-categorise/50372-|website=Velo Club du Net|accessdate=15 February 2015}}
Teams
Barbotin participated on the following teams:{{cite web|title=DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN|url=http://www.velo-club.net/route/world-tour/2-non-categorise/50372-|website=Velo Club du Net|accessdate=15 February 2015}}
- 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,{{cite web|title=DÉCÈS DE PIERRE BARBOTIN|url=http://www.velo-club.net/route/world-tour/2-non-categorise/50372-|website=Velo Club du Net|accessdate=15 February 2015}} Barbotin became a sales director of the regional newspaper Presse-Océan.{{cite web|title=Tête de peloton - Pierre Barbotin|url=http://www.sportbreizh.com/Tete-de-peloton-Pierre-Barbotin-1331-18-0-1.html|website=sportbreizh.com|accessdate=12 February 2015}}
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