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Historic Overview Jean Dotto

Rider

Overall Rank287
NameJean DOTTO
Country
  France
Date of birth27-Mar-1928 - Saint Nazaire (Pays de la Loire)
Date of death20-Feb-2000 - Ollioules (Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Jean Dotto

Jean-Baptiste Dotto (27 March 1928, in St-Nazaire – 20 February 2000, in Ollioules, France) was the first French racing cyclist to win the Vuelta a España. He rode the Tour de France 13 times, coming fourth in 1954.

Jean Dotto was born with Italian nationality. He became French in 1937. Dotto was a good climber. He became an independent, or semi-professional, in 1948 and won a race up Mont Ventoux that year and won Marseille-Toulon-Marseille and the climb of La Turbie, near Nice in 1950. He turned professional in 1951 for France-Sport-Dunlop and won five races, including three hill climbs, in his first season. He rode until 1963, winning 35 races, including the Dauphiné-Libéré twice. He won stage 19 of the 1954 Tour de France and next year won the Vuelta by beating Julio Jiménez of Spain and Raphaël Géminiani of France.

Of his era, he said: "We took amphetamine but not all the year. That allowed us to win and it wasn't very dangerous."

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Vuelta a España 1955
Dauphiné Libéré 1952, 1960
Nice - Mont Agel 1951, 1952
Monte Carlo - Mont Agel 1957
Tour de France - stages 1954 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1955 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1952 (1)
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Seasons

Jean Dotto - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1949 Individual 42 575
2. 1950 France Sport - Dunlop 287 211
3. 1951 France-Sport - Dunlop 637 63
4. 1952 France Sport - Dunlop 1817 10
5. 1953 France Sport - Dunlop 188 229
6. 1954 Magnat - Debon 1230 24
7. 1955 Magnat - Debon 1110 37
8. 1956 Saint Raphael - R. Geminiani - Dunlop 703 69
9. 1957 Libéria - Hutchinson - D'Alessandro 1181 29
10. 1958 Libéria - Hutchinson 574 107
11. 1959 Libéria - Hutchinson 1057 40
12. 1960 Libéria - Grammont 688 84
13. 1961 Libéria - Grammont - Wolber 684 83
14. 1962 Libéria - Grammont - Wolber 373 159
15. 1963 Margnat - Paloma - Dunlop 350 157
Overall: 10921 287