Antonin Rolland

Antonin Rolland (born 3 September 1924) is a French former professional cyclist who was active from 1946 to 1963. Rolland won stages in the Tour de France and in the Giro d'Italia. He was born in Sainte-Euphémie, Ain.

In the 1955 Tour de France, Rolland led the general classification for twelve stages, but his team captain Louison Bobet wanted to win his third consecutive Tour, so did not help Rolland to defend the lead. Rolland ended in fifth place that year, his best Tour de France result in his career.

Major results

1946 GP de Thizy 1948 Chauffailles 1950 Grand prix du Midi Libre 1951 Bourg-Geneva-Bourg 1952 Tour de France: Winner stage 23 1953 Cazès-Mondenard Nantua Tour de France: 7th place overall classification 1955 Cluny Bourg-Geneva-Bourg Tour de France: 5th place overall classification Wearing yellow jersey for 12 stages Winner stage 2 1956 Grand prix du Midi Libre Oyonnax 1957 GP de Cannes Mâcon Giro d'Italia: Winner stages 3, 7 and 9 1958 Giro di Sardegna 1959 La Charité-sur-Loire