Raymond Louviot (17 December 1908 – 14 May 1969) was a French professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. He was the grandfather of cyclist Philippe Louviot. He became a team manager after retirement. The British cyclist, Brian Robinson, accuses a commercial tie-up between Louviot and

Miguel Poblet Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962. He was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and in 1956 he b ...

a rival in another team, for denying him first place in the 1957

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

. Robinson said: :My manager, Raymond Louviot, had a tie-up in the cycle trade with Poblet. He told me that if Poblet was anywhere near me it was my job to get him over the line first. I buggered off up a hill, then my manager came up and told me 'Remember what I told you.' Poblet won, I was third, that is my biggest regret. If I had won I would have been made for life.Woodland, Les (2005), This Island Race, Mousehold Press, UK

Major results

;1933 :Tour du Midi :

Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...

;1934 : national road race championship :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: ::Winner stage 22 ;1936 :Paris - Sedan ;1937 :Circuit des Deux-Sèvres :Paris - Soissons :Tour du Sud-Ouest ;1938 :Paris - Rennes ;1939 :

: ::Winner stage 4 ;1940 :Critérium de France ;1941 :GP de l'Auto :Paris - Nantes ;1947 :

GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ...

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Raymond Louviot
French male cyclists 1908 births 1969 deaths French Tour de France stage winners People from the canton of Fribourg 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1900s-stub