Super Prestige Pernod

Super Prestige Pernod
FormerlyChallenge Desgrange-Colombo
SportRoad bicycle racing
First season1959 (1959)
Ceased1987
Replaced byUCI Road World Cup
CountriesInternational
Last
champion(s)
 Stephen Roche (IRE)
Most titles Eddy Merckx (BEL) (7)

The Super Prestige Pernod was a season-long competition in road bicycle racing between 1958 and 1987. For the first edition it was known as the Prestige Pernod, and for the last four years as the Super Prestige Pernod International.

History

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Disagreements between the organisers of the similar Challenge Desgrange-Colombo led to its demise and a gap in season-long competitions. In 1958, the publicity division of Pernod offered a trophy for the best French rider of the year. The competition was known as the Prestige Pernod. It was a rival to Challenge Yellow, run by the chain company Sedis since 1931.

The following year, Pernod added the Super Prestige Pernod, for the best rider of the year, assessed on points attributed to the biggest races. At the same time it introduced Promotion Pernod, for the best French rider under 25. The Super Prestige Pernod became an unofficial world points championship.

A fourth class, Promotion Internationale, appeared in 1983 but that and the Promotion Pernod vanished the following year to create a single Super Prestige Pernod. A women's competition was added in 1985. Both were abandoned at the end of 1987 when France banned drinks advertising in sport.[1]

The Super Prestige Pernod was won by some of the greatest names in professional cycle racing. They included Jacques Anquetil, who won four times, Eddy Merckx won a record seven times (1969–1975); Bernard Hinault equalled Anquetil's total with his fourth consecutive victory in 1982; while the final four years were won by Irish riders Sean Kelly (1984–1986) and Stephen Roche (1987). Anquetil was the only rider to regain the title having lost it, a feat he achieved twice.

Races

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Race Location Type Years Editions within SPP
Amstel Gold Race  Netherlands Single day race 1976–1987 10
Bordeaux–Paris  France Single day race 1959–1970, 1973–1987 27
Circuit du Provençal  France Stage race 1965 1
Clásica de San Sebastián  Spain Single day race 1987 1
Clásico RCN  Colombia Stage race 1986–1987 2
Coors Classic  United States Stage race 1986–1987 2
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré  France Stage race 1959–1966, 1969–1974, 1976–1987 26
Four Days of Dunkirk  France Stage race 1961–1962, 1967–1987 23
Genoa–Nice  Italy/ France Single day race 1961–1962 2
Gent–Wevelgem  Belgium Single day race 1979–1987 9
Giro d'Italia  Italy Stage race 1961–1987 27
Giro di Campania  Italy Single day race 1962 1
Giro di Lombardia  Italy Single day race 1960–1987 28
Grand Prix de Fourmies  France Single day race 1979 1
Grand Prix des Nations  France Individual time trial 1959–1987 29
Grand Prix du Midi Libre  France Stage race 1961, 1966–1967, 1969–1974, 1976–1987 21
Grand Prix du Parisien  France Team time trial 1963–1965 3
Grand Prix Stan Ockers  France Single day race 1959–1960, 1962–1963 4
La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium Single day race 1961–1970, 1972, 1974, 1976–1987 24
Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium Single day race 1960, 1965–1969, 1971, 1973, 1975–1987 21
Milan–San Remo  Italy Single day race 1960–1987 28
Milano–Torino  Italy Single day race 1979 1
Omloop Het Volk  Belgium Single-day race 1983–1987 5
Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium Single day race 1959–1966, 1975–1978, 1981–1984, 1986–1987 18
Paris–Luxembourg  France/ Luxembourg Stage race 1964–1970 7
Paris–Nice  France Stage race 1960, 1963–1987 26
Paris–Roubaix  France Single day race 1959–1987 29
Paris–Tours  France Single day race 1959–1987 29
Rund um den Henninger Turm  Germany Single day race 1968–1974, 1977–1987 18
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme  Spain Stage race 1972–1974, 1976, 1978 5
Tirreno–Adriatico  Italy Stage race 1980–1987 8
Tour de France  France Stage race 1959–1987 29
Tour de l'Avenir  France Stage race 1982–1987 6
Tour de l'Ouest  France Stage race 1959 1
Tour de la Nouvelle-France  Canada Stage race 1972–1973 2
Tour de Romandie  Switzerland Stage race 1961–1962, 1974–1987 16
Tour de Suisse  Switzerland Stage race 1974–1975, 1977–1987 13
Tour of Flanders  Belgium Single day race 1960–1987 28
Tour of Ireland  Ireland Stage race 1987 1
Tre Valli Varesine  Italy Single day race 1961 1
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race Varied Single day race 1959–1987 29
Volta a Catalunya  Spain Stage race 1975, 1977, 1985–1987 5
Vuelta a Colombia  Colombia Stage race 1986–1987 2
Vuelta a España  Spain Stage race 1961–1987 27
Züri-Metzgete  Switzerland Single day race 1975, 1979–1982, 1984–1987 9

Winners

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Source:[2]

Year Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth
1959 Henry Anglade France Roger Rivière Noël Foré Rik Van Looy Gérard Saint
1960 Jean Graczyk France Pino Cerami Gastone Nencini Raymond Mastrotto Rik Van Looy
1961 Jacques Anquetil France Raymond Poulidor Rik Van Looy Gilbert Desmet I Nino Defilippis
1962 Jo de Roo Netherlands Jef Planckaert Emile Daems Rik Van Looy Jacques Anquetil
1963 Jacques Anquetil France Tom Simpson Raymond Poulidor Jo de Roo Rik Van Looy
1964 Raymond Poulidor France Jan Janssen Jacques Anquetil Rik Van Looy Benoni Beheyt
1965 Jacques Anquetil France Tom Simpson Ward Sels Raymond Poulidor Felice Gimondi
1966 Jacques Anquetil France Felice Gimondi Raymond Poulidor Jan Janssen Lucien Aimar
1967 Jan Janssen Netherlands Eddy Merckx Felice Gimondi Roger Pingeon Franco Balmamion
1968 Herman Van Springel Belgium Felice Gimondi Jan Janssen Eddy Merckx Walter Godefroot
1969 Eddy Merckx Belgium Felice Gimondi Herman Van Springel Raymond Poulidor Walter Godefroot
1970 Eddy Merckx Belgium Herman Van Springel Luis Ocaña Eric Leman Felice Gimondi
1971 Eddy Merckx Belgium Luis Ocaña Gösta Pettersson Joop Zoetemelk Cyrille Guimard
1972 Eddy Merckx Belgium Raymond Poulidor Cyrille Guimard Yves Hézard Joop Zoetemelk
1973 Eddy Merckx Belgium Luis Ocaña Felice Gimondi Joop Zoetemelk Freddy Maertens
1974 Eddy Merckx Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Frans Verbeeck Raymond Poulidor Joop Zoetemelk
1975 Eddy Merckx Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Francesco Moser Bernard Thévenet Freddy Maertens
1976 Freddy Maertens Belgium Francesco Moser Joop Zoetemelk Eddy Merckx Lucien Van Impe
1977 Freddy Maertens Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Bernard Hinault Joop Zoetemelk Francesco Moser
1978 Francesco Moser Italy Bernard Hinault Joop Zoetemelk Gerrie Knetemann Jan Raas
1979 Bernard Hinault France Giuseppe Saronni Joop Zoetemelk Francesco Moser Jan Raas
1980 Bernard Hinault France Fons De Wolf Francesco Moser Hennie Kuiper Giuseppe Saronni
1981 Bernard Hinault France Roger De Vlaeminck Jan Raas Fons De Wolf Hennie Kuiper
1982 Bernard Hinault France Giuseppe Saronni Silvano Contini Tommy Prim Sean Kelly
1983 Greg LeMond United States Sean Kelly Jan Raas Giuseppe Saronni Adri van der Poel
1984 Sean Kelly Republic of Ireland Bernard Hinault Phil Anderson Laurent Fignon Francesco Moser
1985 Sean Kelly Republic of Ireland Phil Anderson Greg LeMond Bernard Hinault Moreno Argentin
1986 Sean Kelly Republic of Ireland Greg LeMond Claude Criquielion Adri van der Poel Urs Zimmermann
1987 Stephen Roche Republic of Ireland Sean Kelly Claude Criquielion Charly Mottet Eric Vanderaerden

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ Heijmans & Mallon 2011, p. 189.
  2. ^ "Challenge Pernod". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2015.

References

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