Roger Pingeon

Roger Pingeon (pronounced [ʁɔʒe pɛ̃ʒɔ̃]; 28 August 1940 – 19 March 2017) was a professional road bicycle racer from France.

He spent two years in Algeria on military service before starting his professional cycling career relatively late.

In 1969, Pingeon won the Vuelta a España and finished second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France.

[4] He took a total of four Tour de France stage wins and finished in the top five of the race's general classification three times during his career.

[1] Pingeon died on 19 March 2017 at his home in the village of Beaupont in the Ain department, about 100 km away from his hometown of Hauteville-Lompnes, after suffering a heart attack.