Gérard Saint

Gérard Saint
Personal information
Full name Gérard Saint
Born 11 July 1935
Argentan, France
Died 16 March 1960 (aged 24)
Le Mans, France
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider

Gérard Saint (11 July 1935 in Argentan – 16 March 1960 in Le Mans) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the 1959 Tour de France, Saint was the winner of the Combativity award. In 1960, while driving his Citroën DS near Le Mans, Saint hit a tree and died at the scene.

Major results

1957
Tour de Luxembourg
Tour de l'Ariège
1958
Boucles de l'Aulne
Egletons
Meymac
Taule
1959
Bol d'Or des Monédières Chaumeil
Felletin
GP d'Alger (with Raphaël Géminiani and Roger Rivière)
Nice
Saint-Jean d'Angely
Chateau-Chinon
Manche-Océan
Tour de France:
9th place overall classification
Winner Combativity award