Raymond Louviot
{{short description|French-Swiss cyclist}}
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| image = Le champion de France Raymond Louviot, en juillet 1934.jpg
| caption = Raymond Louviot, 1934
| full_name = Raymond Louviot
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Granges, Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|5|14|1908|12|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Dunkirk, France
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| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| majorwins = French national road race championship (1934)
GP des nations (1933)
GP Ouest-France (1947)
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Raymond Louviot (17 December 1908 – 14 May 1969) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was the grandfather of cyclist Philippe Louviot.
He became a team manager after retirement. The British cyclist, Brian Robinson, accuses a commercial tie-up between Louviot and Miguel Poblet a rival in another team, for denying him first place in the 1957 Milan–San Remo. Robinson said:
:My manager, Raymond Louviot, had a tie-up in the cycle trade with Poblet. He told me that if Poblet was anywhere near me it was my job to get him over the line first. I buggered off up a hill, then my manager came up and told me 'Remember what I told you.' Poblet won, I was third, that is my biggest regret. If I had won I would have been made for life.Cycling, UK, 25 April 1992Woodland, Les (2005), This Island Race, Mousehold Press, UK
Major results
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;1933
:Tour du Midi
;1934
:{{FRA}} national road race championship
::Winner stage 22
;1936
:Paris - Sedan
;1937
:Circuit des Deux-Sèvres
:Paris - Soissons
:Tour du Sud-Ouest
;1938
:Paris - Rennes
;1939
::Winner stage 4
;1940
:Critérium de France
;1941
:GP de l'Auto
:Paris - Nantes
;1947
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References
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External links
- {{Cycling Archives|5945}}
- [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/2711.html Official Tour de France results for Raymond Louviot]
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Category:French Tour de France stage winners
Category:People from the canton of Fribourg
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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