Cyrille Guimard
Guimard at the 1973 Tour de France | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cyrille Guimard | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Napoleon | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1947 Bouguenais, France | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Sprinter All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1968–1973 | Mercier–BP–Hutchinson | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Gitane–Campagnolo | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1976–1977 | Gitane–Campagnolo | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1985 | Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Système U | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Castorama | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Cofidis | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2014 | Vélo Club Roubaix | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | French national team | |||||||||||||||||
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Cyrille Guimard (born 20 January 1947) is a French former professional road racing cyclist who became a directeur sportif and television commentator. Three of his riders, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, and Lucien Van Impe, won the Tour de France. Another of his protégés, Greg LeMond, described him as "the best (coach) in the world" and "the best coach I ever had". He has been described by cycling journalist William Fotheringham as the greatest directeur sportif in the history of the Tour.