Joseph Groussard

Joseph Groussard
Personal information

Full name	Joseph Groussard
Nickname	Le coq de Fourgères
Born	(1934-03-02) March 2, 1934 La Chapelle-Janson, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Prix du Midi Libre (1961) Critérium International (1962) Milan–San Remo (1963)

Joseph Groussard (born March 2, 1934 in La Chapelle-Janson, Brittany, France) is a former French professional road bicycle racer. Groussard was professional from 1954 to 1968. He rode 9 editions of the Tour de France where he won one stage in the 1959 Tour de France and wore the maillot jaune for one day in 1960 Tour de France. Other victories include two wins in Paris–Camembert, stage wins in Paris–Nice, wins in Critérium International and Four Days of Dunkirk and the 1963 edition of Milan–San Remo. In 1965, Groussard became the Lanterne rouge (last finishing rider) in the 1965 Tour de France.

Joseph Groussard is the brother of cyclist Georges Groussard.

Palmarès

1957

Locmalo

Paris–Camembert

1958

Fougères

1959

GP Monaco

Plumeliau

Genua - Nice

Tour de France:

Winner stage 22

1960

Circuit de l'Indre

Paris–Camembert

Tour de France:

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

Pontivy

1961

Brignolles

Etoile du Léon

Issoire

Grand Prix du Midi Libre

Saint-Georges de Chesné

1962

Critérium International

GP du Locle

Saint-Claud

Four Days of Dunkirk

Oradour-sur-Glane

Quilan

1963

Milan–San Remo

1964

Auxerre

Châteaugiron

Fougères

Lorient

Miniac-Morvan

Saint-Brieuc

1965

Bordeaux-Saintes

Loctudy

Montmorillon

Pontivy

Saint-Georges de Chesné

1966

Saint-Georges de Chesné

1968

Laval

External links

Joseph Groussard profile at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Joseph Groussard

Lanternes Rouges of the Tour de France

Milan–San Remo winners

1900–1919	Lucien Petit-Breton (1907) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1908) Luigi Ganna (1909) Eugène Christophe (1910) Gustave Garrigou (1911) Henri Pélissier (1912) Odile Defraye (1913) Ugo Agostoni (1914) Ezio Corlaita (1915) (1916, not held) Gaetano Belloni (1917) Costante Girardengo (1918) Angelo Gremo (1919)

1920–1939	Gaetano Belloni (1920) Costante Girardengo (1921) Giovanni Brunero (1922) Costante Girardengo (1923) Pietro Linari (1924) Costante Girardengo (1925–1926) Pietro Chesi (1927) Costante Girardengo (1928) Alfredo Binda (1929) Michele Mara (1930) Alfredo Binda (1931) Alfredo Bovet (1932) Learco Guerra (1933) Jef Demuysere (1934) Giuseppe Olmo (1935) Angelo Varetto (1936) Cesare Del Cancia (1937) Giuseppe Olmo (1938) Gino Bartali (1939)

1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Pierino Favalli (1941) Adolfo Leoni (1942) Cino Cinelli (1943) (1944–1945, not held) Fausto Coppi (1946) Gino Bartali (1947) Fausto Coppi (1948–1949) Gino Bartali (1950) Louison Bobet (1951) Loretto Petrucci (1952–1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Germain Derycke (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Miguel Poblet (1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Miguel Poblet (1959)

1960–1979	René Privat (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Emile Daems (1962) Joseph Groussard (1963) Tom Simpson (1964) Arie den Hartog (1965) Eddy Merckx (1966–1967) Rudi Altig (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Michele Dancelli (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1972) Roger De Vlaeminck (1973) Felice Gimondi (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975–1976) Jan Raas (1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978–1979)

1980–1999	Pierino Gavazzi (1980) Alfons De Wolf (1981) Marc Gomez (1982) Giuseppe Saronni (1983) Francesco Moser (1984) Hennie Kuiper (1985) Sean Kelly (1986) Erich Maechler (1987) Laurent Fignon (1988–1989) Gianni Bugno (1990) Claudio Chiappucci (1991) Sean Kelly (1992) Maurizio Fondriest (1993) Giorgio Furlan (1994) Laurent Jalabert (1995) Gabriele Colombo (1996) Erik Zabel (1997–1998) Andrei Tchmil (1999)

2000–2019	Erik Zabel (2000–2001) Mario Cipollini (2002) Paolo Bettini (2003) Óscar Freire (2004) Alessandro Petacchi (2005) Filippo Pozzato (2006) Óscar Freire (2007) Fabian Cancellara (2008) Mark Cavendish (2009) Óscar Freire (2010) Matthew Goss (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Gerald Ciolek (2013) Alexander Kristoff (2014) John Degenkolb (2015) Arnaud Démare (2016)

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