Christian Raymond

Christian Raymond
	Raymond at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir
Personal information
Full name	Christian Raymond
Born	24 December 1943 (age 81); Avrillé, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1965–1973	Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1974–1975	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1970)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing France
World Championships

Christian Raymond (born 24 December 1943) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 1970 Raymond won a stage in the 1970 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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Raymond's 12-year-old daughter was the source of the nickname of the great cyclist Eddy Merckx. Raymond was a rider in the Peugeot team in 1969. When he explained to his daughter how the race had gone, she said: "That Belgian, he doesn't even leave you the crumbs... he's a cannibal." The nickname stuck.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Christian Raymond

Major results

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