André Desvages

André Desvages was a French professional road bicycle racer, born on 12 March 1944 and died on 1 June 2018. His cycling began with the club C.S.M. Puteaux, and he rode in the team time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics as an amateur. His professional career was short, running from 1967 to 1970, and is mostly remembered for his win of stage 5A in the 1968 Tour de France; his major results also list the 1965 Paris-Troyes race. After he stopped racing he became technical director of the new Gitane team, in which role he signed a young Bernard Hinault, who went on to become one of the most successful riders in the history of the Tour de France. The English Wikipedia article gives these facts and links to ProCyclingStats, CycleBase and Olympedia entries.