Charly Grosskost

Charly Grosskost
Charly Grosskost c. 1968
Personal information
Full nameCharly Grosskost
Born(1944-03-05)5 March 1944
Eckbolsheim, German-occupied France
Died19 June 2004(2004-06-19) (aged 60)
Strasbourg, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Professional teams
1966–1967Peugeot–BP–Michelin[1]
1968–1972Bic
1973Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
1974Jobo–Lejeune
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1968)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1968)

Charly Grosskost (5 March 1944 – 19 June 2004) was a French racing cyclist who, in 1968, won the prologue time trial of both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. He won stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and on the track, he was French pursuit champion nine times. His sporting career began with A.C.B.B. Paris.[2]

  1. ^ Charly Grosskost at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
  2. ^ Livre d'Or 1965. Paris: Miroir du Cyclisme. 1965. p. 28.

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