Cyrille Guimard

Cyrille Guimard (born 20 January 1947 in Bouguenais, Loire-Atlantique) is a French former professional road racing cyclist who became a directeur sportif and television commentator. As a rider he was French national champion on the road as an amateur in 1967, in the track sprint in 1970 and in cyclo-cross in 1976, and he won nearly 100 races in eight seasons as a sprinter. He took two stages and the points classification at the 1971 Vuelta a España and won Tour de France stages in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1974, wearing the yellow and green jerseys in 1972. As a team director he guided Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Lucien Van Impe to Tour de France victories, and cycling journalist William Fotheringham has called him the greatest directeur sportif in the history of the Tour.