Career
As an amateur track cyclist he competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in five events in total. In 1967, he also set two world records, in the 4000 m and 5000 m sprint. He then became a professional road racer and finished four times within the podium in 1968–1969: in Saint-Aigulin (1968), Louisiana Bastide d"Armagnac (1968), Saint-Raphael (1969) and Tour de l"Herault (1969).
