1968 Tour de France
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The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 21 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,492 km. Eleven nati
Jan Janssen (pictured in 1967), winner of the general classification
Lucien Aimar
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Lucien Aimar is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968. He is now a race organizer.
1968 Tour de France
…direct competitors. In the sixteenth stage, French internal rivalry was dominating; while Roger Pingeon of the France A team was slowing down to drink, Lucien Aimar of the France B team attacked, and took a group of favourites with him. Although Aimar was later dropped from that group, Godefroot, Janssen, Vanspringel…
Aimar at the 1973 Tour de France
Aimar (left) with Ford France–Hutchinson teammate Jacques Anquetil at the 1966 Tour de France
Aimar on a 1972 UAE stamp