Antonin Rolland (born 3 September 1924) is a French former professional

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who was active from 1946 to 1963. Rolland won stages in the

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and in the

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. He was born in Sainte-Euphémie,

Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

. In the

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, Rolland led the general classification for twelve stages, but his team captain

Louison Bobet Louis "Louison" Bobet (; 12 March 1925 – 13 March 1983) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 195 ...

wanted to win his third consecutive Tour, so did not help Rolland to defend the lead. Rolland ended in fifth place that year, his best Tour de France result in his career.

Major results

;1946 :GP de Thizy ;1948 :Chauffailles ;1950 :

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;1951 :Bourg-Geneva-Bourg ;1952 :

: ::Winner stage 23 ;1953 :Cazès-Mondenard :Nantua :

: ::7th place overall classification ;1955 :Cluny :Bourg-Geneva-Bourg :

: ::5th place overall classification ::Wearing

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for 12 stages ::Winner stage 2 ;1956 :

:Oyonnax ;1957 :GP de Cannes :Mâcon :

: ::Winner stages 3, 7 and 9 ;1958 :Giro di Sardegna ;1959 :La Charité-sur-Loire

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Antonin Rolland
1924 births Living people Cyclists from Ain French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners French Giro d'Italia stage winners 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub