Raymond Louviot

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Granges, Switzerland

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| 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

:Grand Prix des Nations

;1934

:{{FRA}} national road race championship

:Tour de France:

::Winner stage 22

;1936

:Paris - Sedan

;1937

:Circuit des Deux-Sèvres

:Paris - Soissons

:Tour du Sud-Ouest

;1938

:Paris - Rennes

;1939

:Tour de France:

::Winner stage 4

;1940

:Critérium de France

;1941

:GP de l'Auto

:Paris - Nantes

;1947

:GP Ouest-France

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References

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