L'Équipe de ce jeudi 14 novembre en hommage à Raymond Poulidor.

The sadness following Raymond Poulidor's death has highlighted how much the Frenchman was loved for being an 'eternal second' and for being humble during the rest of his life as he travelled around France and faithfully attend virtually every edition of the Tour de France after he retired in 1977. You can read about it more at…. CYCLING WEEKLY

or if you french is good enough there are a multitude of articles to be found at… L’EQUIPE but you need to buy the newspaper to read the whole thing. A very touching tribute.

… "I wasn't a winner, I wasn't a killer. I'll tell you why: I was a peasant's son, we worked the land, the poor land of the Creuse, an unrelenting land, but we were never unhappy. We never had money in our pocket but we ate meat every day. Then, overnight, I turned professional and I had everything I wanted: I had a mechanic who took care of my bike, I ate well, I slept well and I had a small monthly salary." Just makes you realise how things have changed.