Jean Graczyk
![]() Graczyk circa 1966 | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jean Graczyk | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Popof | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1933-05-26)26 May 1933 Neuvy-sur-Barangeon, France | ||||||||||||||
Died | 27 June 2004(2004-06-27) (aged 71) Vierzon, France | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1957–1962 | Helyett–Potin | ||||||||||||||
1963–1964 | Margnat–Paloma–Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Ford France–Gitane | ||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | Bic–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
1969–1970 | Sonolor–Lejeune | ||||||||||||||
1971 | Individual | ||||||||||||||
1972 | Rokado–Colders | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
One-day races and Classics | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean Graczyk (26 May 1933 – 27 June 2004) was a French road bicycle racer who won two points classifications in the Tour de France and several stages each at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. Before turning professional, Graczyk won an Olympic silver medal in the team pursuit for France.[1]
His nickname in the sport was Popof.[1] The American-French journalist René de Latour jokingly said in the British monthly Sporting Cyclist that it was because of his habit of attacking alone, or "popping off". De Latour, however, depended too heavily on his readers' understanding of French slang, because Popof is a semi-derogatory term in French for someone of Polish background. The "popping off" suggestion, however, is still widely believed and appears from time to time in histories of the sport.
Major results
- 1956
- Summer Olympics:
Silver medal team pursuit
France national amateur road race champion
- 1957
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- Tour du Sud-Est
- 1958
- Cluny
- Orchies
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stage 13B
- Pleurtuit
- Tour de France:
Winner Points classification
- 1959
- Antibes
- Hyères
- Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
- Saint-Denis l'Hotel
- Trofeo Longines (with Jacques Anquetil, André Darrigade, Seamus Elliott and Michel Vermeulin)
- Paris–Nice
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 5
- 1960
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 4, 12, 17 and 21
Winner Points classification
- Critérium International
- Brignolles
- GP Monaco
- Saint-Claud
- Saint-Hilaire de Harcouet
- 1961
- Challenge Laurens
- GP de Fréjus
- Neuvic sur l'isle
- Roma-Napoli-Roma
- Saint-Just-sur-Loire
- Sanvignes
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- La Charité-sur-Loire
- 1962
- GP Vercors
- Lubersac
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stages 6, 13, 14 and 16
- Soings
- 1963
- GP Monaco
- Soing-en-Sologne
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- Royan
- Montélimar
- 1964
- Gap
- Montélimar
- 1965
- Belvès
- Sin-le-Noble
- Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- Montélimar
- 1969
- Quesnoy
References
- ^ a b "Jean Graczyk Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
External links
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- Jean Graczyk at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Jean Graczyk
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- 1953: Fritz Schär
- 1954: Ferdinand Kübler
- 1955–1956: Stan Ockers
- 1957: Jean Forestier
- 1958: Jean Graczyk
- 1959: André Darrigade
- 1960: Jean Graczyk
- 1961: André Darrigade
- 1962: Rudi Altig
- 1963: Rik Van Looy
- 1964–1965: Jan Janssen
- 1966: Willy Planckaert
- 1967: Jan Janssen
- 1968: Franco Bitossi
- 1969: Eddy Merckx
- 1970: Walter Godefroot
- 1971–1972: Eddy Merckx
- 1973: Herman Vanspringel
- 1974: Patrick Sercu
- 1975: Rik Van Linden
- 1976: Freddy Maertens
- 1977: Jacques Esclassan
- 1978: Freddy Maertens
- 1979: Bernard Hinault
- 1980: Rudy Pevenage
- 1981: Freddy Maertens
- 1982–1983: Sean Kelly
- 1984: Frank Hoste
- 1985: Sean Kelly
- 1986: Eric Vanderaerden
- 1987: Jean-Paul van Poppel
- 1988: Eddy Planckaert
- 1989: Sean Kelly
- 1990: Olaf Ludwig
- 1991: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
- 1992: Laurent Jalabert
- 1993–1994: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
- 1995: Laurent Jalabert
- 1996–2001: Erik Zabel
- 2002: Robbie McEwen
- 2003: Baden Cooke
- 2004: Robbie McEwen
- 2005: Thor Hushovd
- 2006: Robbie McEwen
- 2007: Tom Boonen
- 2008: Óscar Freire
- 2009: Thor Hushovd
- 2010: Alessandro Petacchi
- 2011: Mark Cavendish
- 2012–2016: Peter Sagan
- 2017: Michael Matthews
- 2018–2019: Peter Sagan
- 2020: Sam Bennett
- 2021: Mark Cavendish
- 2022: Wout van Aert
- 2023: Jasper Philipsen
- 2024: Biniam Girmay