Jacques Gestraud

French cyclist Jacques Gestraud began as an amateur in the late 1950s and finished eighth in the road race at the 1958 national championships. After completing his military service Gestraud was selected to compete at the 1960 Roma Olympics. At the Games he finished ninth in the individual road race in a large peloton of riders who were only 20 seconds behind the race winner. The following year he became the French amateur road race champion and finished third in the amateur road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Bern.

Gestraud then turned professional, winning the 1962 edition of the Mur-de-Bretagne road criterium. Two years later he made his one and only appearance at the Tour de France but was forced to abandon the race on stage 13. Over the next few years he had some minor wins in other road criteriums before retiring in the early 1970s. Gestraud later competed in the masters category, becoming the road cycling champion in the 70 to 74 age group in 2009, before becoming the world road cycling champion in the 80+ category in 2019.