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Something wrong?The first man to win the Tour de France five times, and he called his shot: told the press in 1961 he'd take yellow on day one and never give it back, then did exactly that against two past champions.
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Jacques Anquetil 1963
Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi, Giro d'Italia 1967
Jacques Anquetil, Giro d'Italia 1967
42ste ronde van Italie. Anquetil en Gaul, Bestanddeelnr 910-3812
43ste Ronde van Italie , Anquetil, Gaul, Hovenaars en Nencini, Bestanddeelnr 911-3050
51e Tour de France, Fotografen en cameramannen omstuwen de winnaar Jacques Anqu…, Bestanddeelnr 916-6421
51ste Tour de France 1964 Anquetil in gesprek met publiek, Bestanddeelnr 916-5831
51ste Tour de France 1964 Jacques Anquetil tekent de startlijst, Bestanddeelnr 916-5793Teams 5
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Jacques Anquetil was born 8 January 1934 in France and became a road racing cyclist with a gift for the one thing that can't be faked - riding alone against the clock. Time trials made him "Monsieur Chrono," and that discipline carried him to his first Tour de France win in 1957, then four straight from 1961 to 1964. The 1961 victory was the audacious one: he announced beforehand he'd seize the yellow jersey on day one and hold it through all three weeks, with Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes both in the race, and he made good. By the time he retired he'd won eight Grand Tours, a record that stood until Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault overtook it. He died 18 November 1987.
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