Jean-Baptiste Dotto (27 March 1928, in

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– 20 February 2000, in

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Memoire du Cyclisme, Rider history, Jean-Baptiste Dotto
) was the first French racing cyclist to win the

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. He rode the

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13 times, coming fourth in 1954. Jean Dotto was born with Italian nationality. He became French in 1937. Dotto was a good climber. He became an independent, or semi-professional, in 1948 and won a race up

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that year and won

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-Marseille and the climb of La Turbie, near

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and next year won the Vuelta by beating Julio Jiménez of

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and

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of France. Of his era, he said: "We took

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but not all the year. That allowed us to win and it wasn't very dangerous."Cyclisme Dopage, Les aveux -Après la fin de leur carrière (mais sans remord...) (Confessions - After the end of their careers (but without remorse ...), Jean-Baptiste Dotto
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Major results

;1952 : 1st, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 8th, Overall,

;1954 : 4th, Overall,

:: 1st, Stage 19,

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;1956 – Sud-Est : 19th, Overall,

;1957 : 10th, Overall,

;1958 – Centre-Midi : DNF Stage 23,

:: 3rd, Climbers Classification ;1959 : 15th, Overall,

;1960 : 1st, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 35th, Overall,

;1961 : 8th, Overall,

;1962 : 58th, Overall,

;1963 : 28th, Overall,

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Jean Dotto
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dotto, Jean 1928 births 2000 deaths French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners French Giro d'Italia stage winners Vuelta a España winners Sportspeople from Saint-Nazaire Cyclists from Loire-Atlantique 20th-century French sportsmen