Bernard Guyot

Bernard Guyot (19 November 1945 – 28 February 2021) was a French road cyclist. His sporting career began with U.S. Creteil. As an amateur he competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics, won the Peace Race in 1966, and placed fourth in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. In 1967 he turned professional and won 10 races before retiring in 1974. He raced the Tour de France in 1968-1972, placing 27th in 1968 and 28th in 1971. In the national professional road championship, Guyot placed second in 1972 and third in 1969. His father Bernard Sr. and brothers Claude and Serge were also competitive cyclists.

Guyot died on 1 March 2021, aged 75.

Major results

1964 1st Overall Tour de Namur 1st Stage 3 1st Stage 14 Tour du Maroc 1965 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stages 7 & 13 (ITT) 1966 1st Overall Peace Race 1st Stage 3a 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stage 7 (ITT) 1967 1st Overall 1st Stage 1 1st Tour de l'Herault 2nd Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 8 (ITT) 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Jacques Anquetil) 2nd Coppa Agostoni 2nd GP Lugano (ITT) 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 2b (ITT) 3rd Overall Paris–Luxembourg 4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 4th Critérium National de la Route 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 1st Stage 4 5th Paris-Tours 7th Overall Tour de l'Oise 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 5a 8th GP Monaco 10th Giro di Lombardia 1968 1st Circuit d'Auvergne 2nd Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc 3rd Maël–Pestivien 4th Overall Paris–Nice 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1969 1st Boucles de la Seine 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise 4th Baden–Baden 9th GP Monaco 10th Critérium National de la Route 1970 8th Boucles de la Seine 9th Bordeaux–Paris 1972 2nd Road race, National Road Championships