Georges Groussard

Georges Groussard (born 22 March 1937) is a retired French road cyclist. Groussard rode professionally from 1960 to 1967. He participated in 7 Tours de France, and wore the yellow jersey for 9 consecutive days in 1964. His best overall result was also in 1964, when he finished 5th place in the overall classification. His elder brother Joseph Groussard was also a professional cyclist.

Georges Groussard

Personal information
Full name	Georges Groussard
Nickname	Le Coq de Fougeres
Born	(1937-03-22) 22 March 1937 Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1960	Helyett
1961	Alcyon
1962–1967	Pelforth
Major wins
9 days in yellow jersey

Since 1995, the race La Georges Groussard is dedicated to him.

Major results

1959

Winner Mican-Morvan (amateur race)

1961

2nd place Paris–Nice

3rd place Tour de Luxembourg

1962

Winner in Plumeliau

1963

Winner in Plumeliau

1964

2nd place in French national road race championship

2nd place in Preslin

2nd place in Sévignac

Tour de France results

• 1961: 30th place
• 1962: 72nd place
• 1963: 51st place
• 1964: 5th place, 10 days in yellow jersey
• 1965: did not finish: gave up in stage 3
• 1966: 30th place
• 1967: Team: France 3 (start number 127), did not finish; out of time on stage 8

External links

• Georges Groussard at Cycling Archives (archived)
• "Palmares" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Info about the stages where Groussard wore the yellow jersey (in French)
• Official Tour de France results for Georges Groussard