Raymond Poulidor Papi de/from Mathieu van der Poel-Tour de France 1974

Raymond Poulidor (born 15 April 1936), nicknamed "Pou-Pou", is a French former professional bicycle racer, who rode for Mercier his entire career. His career was distinguished, despite coinciding with two great riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx.This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public. He was known as "The Eternal Second", because he never won the Tour de France despite finishing in second place three times, and in third place five times (including his final Tour at the age of 40). Despite his consistency, he never once wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours, of which he completed 12. He did win one Grand Tour, the 1964 Vuelta a España. Music: Nimbus-Eveningland I do not own any material used in this video. All right reserved to all respective owners.I use very small portions of videos, these clips are under the Copyright Law 107 of Fair Use.