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Full name | Christian Raymond | ||||||||||||||
Born | Avrillé, France | 24 December 1943||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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1965–1973 | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
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Christian Raymond (born 24 December 1943) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 1970 Raymond won a stage in the 1970 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Raymond's 12-year-old daughter was the source of the nickname of the great cyclist Eddy Merckx. Raymond was a rider in the Peugeot team in 1969. When he explained to his daughter how the race had gone, she said: "That Belgian, he doesn't even leave you the crumbs... he's a cannibal." The nickname stuck.[2][3][4]