Bordeaux (AFP)

Former cycling champion Raymond Poulidor died in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 83, it was learned from his family in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, commune where he resided in Haute-Vienne.

Raymond Poulidor "left this morning", around 2:00 am, his wife Gisèle told AFP. "He was very tired." The former champion had been hospitalized at the beginning of October at the hospital of Saint-Léonard de Noblat, which he has not left since, said his wife.

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