Jacques Anquetil

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Jacques Anquetil

Anquetil at the 1966 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Jacques Anquetil
Nickname	Monsieur Chrono Maître Jacques
Born	(1934-01-08)8 January 1934 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Died	18 November 1987(1987-11-18) (aged 53) Rouen, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
1950–1952	AC Sottevillais
Professional teams
1953–1955	La Perle
1956–1961	Helyett–Potin–Hutchinson
1962–1964	Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
1965–1966	Ford France–Gitane
1967–1969	Bic–Hutchinson
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) 16 individual stages Giro d'Italia General classification (1960, 1964) 5 individual stages Vuelta a España General classification (1963) 1 individual stage Stage races Paris–Nice (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1963, 1965) Critérium National de la Route (1963, 1965)[a] Volta a Catalunya (1967) Tour of the Basque Country (1969) Four Days of Dunkirk (1958, 1959) One-day races and Classics Gent–Wevelgem (1964) Bordeaux–Paris (1965) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1966) Critérium National de la Route (1961, 1967)[a] Other Hour record (1956) Super Prestige Pernod International (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966) Grand Prix des Nations (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966)
Medal record Representing  France Men's road bicycle racing Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team time trial Road World Championships 1966 Nürburgring Road race Men's track bicycle racing Track World Championships 1956 Copenhagen Individual Pursuit

Jacques Anquetil (pronounced [ʒak ɑ̃k.til]; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.^[1]

He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field—Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes—but he did it.^[b] His victories in stage races such as the Tour were built on an exceptional ability to ride alone against the clock in individual time trial stages, which lent him the name "Monsieur Chrono".

He won eight Grand Tours in his career, which was a record when he retired and has only since been surpassed by Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.

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