Jean de Gribaldy

Jean de Gribaldy, Besançon, September 1980
Personal information
Full name	Jean de Gribaldy
Nickname	Le Vicomte
Born	18 July 1922 Besançon, France
Died	2 January 1987(1987-01-02) (aged 64) Voray-sur-l'Ognon, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider/Team leader
Rider type	Climber
Professional teams
1945–1949	Peugeot–Dunlop
1950	Mervil
1951–1954	Terrot
Managerial teams
1964	Grammont–de Gribaldy
1965	Grammont–Motoconfort / Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy / Wolhauser Sirops Berger
1966	Tigra–Meltina–de Gribaldy
1967	Tigra–Grammont / Tigra–Enicar
1968	Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy/Tigra–Enicar
1969	Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy
1969	Frimatic–Viva–de Gribaldy–Wolber (Tour de France)
1970	Wolhauser–Ravis–de Gribaldy
1970	Frimatic–de Gribaldy
1971	Hoover–de Gribaldy
1972	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy
1975	Miko–de Gribaldy
1976	Miko–de Gribaldy–Superia
1977	Velda–Latina Assicurazioni–Flandria
1978	Velda–Lano–Flandria
1979	Flandria–Ça va seul
1980	Puch–Sem–Campagnolo
1981	Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo
1982	Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo
1983	Sem–France Loire–Mavic–Reydel
1984	Skil–Sem–Mavic–Reydel
1985	Skil–Reydel–Sem
1986	Kas–Mavic–Tag Heuer

Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 – 2 January 1987) was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 and 1948.^[1][2]

Biography

Born in Besançon, Doubs département, Gribaldi was a professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954. He began a successful career as a directeur sportif in the mid-1960s.

Nicknamed le Vicomte ("the Viscount") due to his aristocratic ancestry,^[3] he discovered Sean Kelly, Joaquim Agostinho, and Éric Caritoux. He gave a second chance to many riders dropped by other teams. Most saw their career take a new dimension under Jean de Gribaldy.

A street in Besançon, where he was a shopkeeper, has been named Montée Jean de Gribaldy since 1994. Each year, a Jean de Gribaldy cycling race is organized in Besançon.