Gérard Saint

Gérard Saint (11 July 1935 in Argentan – 16 March 1960 in Le Mans) was a French professional road bicycle racer.^[1] In the 1959 Tour de France, Saint was the winner of the Combativity award.^[2] In 1960, while driving his Citroën DS near Le Mans, Saint hit a tree and died at the scene.^[3]

Gérard Saint

Personal information
Full name	Gérard Saint
Born	(1935-07-11)11 July 1935 Argentan, France
Died	16 March 1960(1960-03-16) (aged 24) Le Mans, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider

Major results

1957

Tour de Luxembourg

Tour de l'Ariège

1958

Boucles de l'Aulne

Egletons

Meymac

Taule

1959

Bol d'Or des Monédières Chaumeil

Felletin

GP d'Alger (with Raphaël Géminiani and Roger Rivière)

Nice

Saint-Jean d'Angely

Chateau-Chinon

Manche-Océan

Tour de France:

9th place overall classification

Winner Combativity award

Legacy

The stadium of FC Argentan was named after him, a few years after his death.^[4]