1. Henry Anglade placed in the top five of the Tour on two additional occasions in 1964 and 1965.
24 Facts About Henry Anglade
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Henry Anglade was born in Thionville, in the Lorraine region of France close to the German border, the son of a soldier.
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Henry Anglade's family moved south to Lyon at the start of the Second World War.
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Henry Anglade joined Camus and his friends and found they couldn't keep up.
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Henry Anglade came second in the Tour de Suisse and then in the Tour de France, behind Federico Bahamontes but in front of Jacques Anquetil and Roger Riviere.
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On top of that, Anquetil, Riviere and many other French stars were represented by Daniel Dousset, one of the two agents who divided French cycling, whereas Henry Anglade was represented by the other, Roger Piel.
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That was why Henry Anglade had been left out of the national team to ride for a regional one.
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Henry Anglade was not the strongest of riders but made up for what he lacked with a good tactical sense.
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Henry Anglade was an eloquent speaker and popular with journalists.
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Henry Anglade joined the Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune in 1963 and finished the next year's Tour de France in fourth place, behind Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor and Bahamontes.
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Henry Anglade came fourth in the 1965 race, behind Felice Gimondi, Poulidor and Gianni Motta.
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Henry Anglade rode in ten editions of the Tour de France and finished all but his last.
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Henry Anglade was in a leading group with five laps left.
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Henry Anglade dropped to the back of his group, had something to eat, and set off alone when Bobet and the others were nearly on them.
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Henry Anglade was convinced he'd won and eased up with 100m left to raise his hands in victory.
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Henry Anglade caught him, the two stayed together for a while and then Henry Anglade went away alone with five laps to go.
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Henry Anglade was in the French national jersey when the race stopped unexpectedly at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises to greet Charles de Gaulle, the president, in his village.
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Henry Anglade was a proud rider and Nencini one of the fastest down hills.
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Henry Anglade raced at a time when riders made much of their income in the criterium races, for which they were paid start money as well as prizes, that followed the Tour de France.
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Henry Anglade crashed in a criterium at Montelimar in 1966 and broke his spine.
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Henry Anglade wanted no more to do with cycling until, in 1975, the Lejeune brothers who ran a bike factory in Paris and sponsored a team invited him to join.
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Henry Anglade managed Lejeune-BP in three Tours de France, where he managed Roy Schuiten, Ferdinand Bracke and Lucien Van Impe.
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Henry Anglade said the team lacked leaders and wasn't a success.
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Henry Anglade learned how to make stained-glass windows and designed and created those in the cyclists' chapel, Notre Dame des Cyclistes at Labastide-d'Armagnac in the Landes.