What is Roger Pingeon?
[[File:Roger Pingeon TA 2011.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Pingeon in 2011]] '''Roger Pingeon''' ({{IPA-fr|ʁɔ.ʒe pɛ̃.ʒɔ̃|pron}}; 28 August 1940 &ndash; 19 March 2017) was a professional French [[road bicycle racer]]. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the [[Tour de France]]. In 1969, Pingeon won the [[Vuelta a España]] and finished second behind [[Eddy Merckx]] in the 1969 [[Tour de France]].<ref name=hof>[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3880 Roger Pingeon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195758/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3880 |date=2017-03-19 }}. cyclingarchives.com</ref> He was born in [[Hauteville-Lompnes]], [[Ain]], [[France]]. Pingeon died in [[Paris]], France from a [[heart attack]] on 19 March 2017, aged 76.<ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/former-tour-de-france-champion-roger-pingeon-dies-at-76/ Former Tour de France champion Roger Pingeon dies at 76]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pingeon, Roger}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Ain]] [[Category:French cyclists]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] {{sports-bio-stub}}