Lucien Aimar, born on 28 April 1941, is a French former road cyclist who won the 1966 Tour de France and the French national road championship in 1968. As an amateur he came second in the 1964 Tour de l'Avenir and rode the individual road race at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He turned professional in 1965 with Ford-Gitane, the team led by Jacques Anquetil. In 1966 he won Genoa-Nice and then the Tour de France, finishing 1 minute 17 seconds ahead of Jan Janssen after attacks on the Aubisque and in Turin, with the support of Anquetil's team. In 1967 he won a stage of the Tour at the Ballon d'Alsace. He rode the Tour eight years in succession and finished 17th in his last, in 1973. After racing he worked as a technical adviser for cycling in Provence-Côte d'Azur and became organiser of the Tour Méditerranéen.
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is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France in 1966
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who won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968
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came seventh in the Giro d'Italia after sacrificing his chances for Anquetil
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