Jean de Gribaldy | |
Fullname: | Jean de Gribaldy |
Nickname: | Le Vicomte |
Birth Date: | 18 July 1922 |
Birth Place: | Besançon, France |
Death Place: | Voray-sur-l'Ognon, France |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider/Team leader |
Ridertype: | Climber |
Proyears1: | 1945–1949 |
Proteam1: | Peugeot–Dunlop |
Proyears2: | 1950 |
Proteam2: | Mervil |
Proyears3: | 1951–1954 |
Proteam3: | Terrot |
Manageyears1: | 1964 |
Manageteam1: | Grammont–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears2: | 1965 |
Manageyears3: | 1966 |
Manageteam3: | Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears4: | 1967 |
Manageteam4: | Tigra–Grammont / Tigra–Enicar |
Manageyears5: | 1968 |
Manageteam5: | Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy/Tigra–Enicar |
Manageyears6: | 1969 |
Manageteam6: | Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears7: | 1969 |
Manageyears8: | 1970 |
Manageteam8: | Wolhauser–Ravis–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears9: | 1970 |
Manageteam9: | Frimatic–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears10: | 1971 |
Manageteam10: | Hoover–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears11: | 1972 |
Manageteam11: | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears12: | 1975 |
Manageteam12: | Miko–de Gribaldy |
Manageyears13: | 1976 |
Manageteam13: | Miko–de Gribaldy–Superia |
Manageyears14: | 1977 |
Manageteam14: | Velda–Latina Assicurazioni–Flandria |
Manageyears15: | 1978 |
Manageteam15: | Velda–Lano–Flandria |
Manageyears16: | 1979 |
Manageteam16: | Flandria–Ça va seul |
Manageyears17: | 1980 |
Manageteam17: | Puch–Sem–Campagnolo |
Manageyears18: | 1981 |
Manageteam18: | Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo |
Manageyears19: | 1982 |
Manageteam19: | Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo |
Manageyears20: | 1983 |
Manageteam20: | Sem–France Loire–Mavic–Reydel |
Manageyears21: | 1984 |
Manageteam21: | Skil–Sem–Mavic–Reydel |
Manageyears22: | 1985 |
Manageteam22: | Skil–Reydel–Sem |
Manageyears23: | 1986 |
Manageteam23: | Kas–Mavic–Tag Heuer |
Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 - 2 January 1987) was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 and 1948.[1] [2]
Born in Besançon, Doubs département, Gribaldi was a professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954. He began a successful career as a directeur sportif in the mid-1960s.
Nicknamed le Vicomte ("the Viscount") due to his aristocratic ancestry,[3] he discovered Sean Kelly, Joaquim Agostinho, and Éric Caritoux. He gave a second chance to many riders dropped by other teams. Most saw their career take a new dimension under Jean de Gribaldy.
A street in Besançon, where he was a shopkeeper, has been named Montée Jean de Gribaldy since 1994. Each year, a Jean de Gribaldy cycling race is organized in Besançon.