Jean Graczyk
 Graczyk circa 1966 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jean Graczyk | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Popof | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1933 Neuvy-sur-Barangeon, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 June 2004 (aged 71) Vierzon, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1957–1962 | Helyett–Potin | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Margnat–Paloma–Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Ford France–Gitane | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Bic–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Sonolor–Lejeune | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Individual | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Rokado–Colders | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Jean Graczyk (26 May 1933 – 27 June 2004) was a French road bicycle racer who won two points classifications in the Tour de France and several stages each at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. Before turning professional, Graczyk won an Olympic silver medal in the team pursuit for France.[1]
His nickname in the sport was Popof.[1] The American-French journalist René de Latour jokingly said in the British monthly Sporting Cyclist that it was because of his habit of attacking alone, or "popping off". De Latour, however, depended too heavily on his readers' understanding of French slang, because Popof is a semi-derogatory term in French for someone of Polish background. The "popping off" suggestion, however, is still widely believed and appears from time to time in histories of the sport.
Major results
[edit]- 1956
- Summer Olympics:
Silver medal team pursuit
France national amateur road race champion- 1957
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- Tour du Sud-Est
- 1958
- Cluny
- Orchies
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stage 13B
- Pleurtuit
- Tour de France:
Winner Points classification
- 1959
- Antibes
- Hyères
- Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
- Saint-Denis l'Hotel
- Trofeo Longines (with Jacques Anquetil, André Darrigade, Seamus Elliott and Michel Vermeulin)
- Paris–Nice
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 5
- 1960
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 4, 12, 17 and 21
- Winner Points classification
- Critérium International
- Brignolles
- GP Monaco
- Saint-Claud
- Saint-Hilaire de Harcouet
- 1961
- Challenge Laurens
- GP de Fréjus
- Neuvic sur l'isle
- Roma-Napoli-Roma
- Saint-Just-sur-Loire
- Sanvignes
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- La Charité-sur-Loire
- 1962
- GP Vercors
- Lubersac
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stages 6, 13, 14 and 16
- Soings
- 1963
- GP Monaco
- Soing-en-Sologne
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- Royan
- Montélimar
- 1964
- Gap
- Montélimar
- 1965
- Belvès
- Sin-le-Noble
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- Montélimar
- 1969
- Quesnoy
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jean Graczyk Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
External links
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- Jean Graczyk at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Jean Graczyk
| International | |
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- 1933 births
- 2004 deaths
- Sportspeople from Cher (department)
- French male cyclists
- French Tour de France stage winners
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- French people of Polish descent
- French Vuelta a España stage winners
- Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for France
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- French track cyclists
- Super Prestige Pernod winners
- Cyclists from Centre-Val de Loire
- 20th-century French sportsmen