With 50 years at the top of the sport, the Mercier team forged an unparalleled place for themselves in the sports ranking worldwide. 1963 Mercier-BP-Hutchinson

Presentation of the Mercier-BP-Hutchinson Team in 1963

Major Tours

Giro d’Italia

Two participations 1957 & 1958
Two stage victories: 1957 Antonin Rolland and Louison Bobet

Vuelta a Espana

7 participations: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1979 and 1981


17 stage victories:
1970 : Eddy Peelman (2 stage victories) and José María Errandonea
1971 : Peelman (3), Guimard (2) and Vianen
1979 : Joop Zoetemelk (2) and Christian Levavasseur
1981 : Clère (3), Andersen et Vichot
3 finals victories: Raymond Poulidor (1964), Rolf Wolfshohl (1965), Joop Zoetemelk (1979)

Tour de France

21 participations
1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 et 1984.

40 stage victories
1962 : Robert Cazala (2)
1963 : Frans Melckenbeeck
1964 : Raymond Poulidor
1965 : Raymond Poulidor (2)
1966 : Raymond Poulidor
1969 : Barry Hoban (2)
1970 : Cyrille Guimard and Rolf Wolfshohl
1971 : Jean-Pierre Genet
1972 : Cyrille Guimard (4)
1973 : Barry Hoban (2) and Cyrille Guimard
1974 : Genet, Poulidor and Vianen
1975 : Hoban, Zoetemelk and Knetemann
1976 : Joop Zoetemelk (3)
1978 : Joop Zoetemelk and Christian Seznec
1979 : Christian Seznec and Joop Zoetemelk
1980 : Jean-Louis Gauthier and Raymond Martin
1983 : Clère, Andersen, Le Bigaut, Laurent, Michaud and team time trials.

Team rankings 
1972, 1975, 1978, 1980 and 1982
Antonin Magne, Tour de France 1931

Antonin Magne, Tour de France 1931

The classics

Tour des Flandres

Albéric Schotte (1942), Rik Van Steenbergen (1944 et 1946), Raymond Impanis (1954), Louison Bobet (1955) and Cees Bal (1974)

Paris-Roubaix

Marcel Kint (1943), Rik Van Steenbergen (1948 et 1952), Raymond Impanis (1954) and Louison Bobet (1956)

Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Maurice Mollin (1948), Alfred De Bruyne (1956) and Frans Melckenbeeck (1963)

Milan-San Remo

Rik Van Steenbergen (1954), Alfred De Bruyne (1956), René Privat (1960) and Raymond Poulidor (1961)

Raymond Poulidor (on the right) and Jacques Anquetil in joint place, Tour de France 1964. © Presse SportsRaymond Poulidor (on the right) and Jacques Anquetil in joint place, Tour de France 1964. © Presse Sports

Stage races

Paris-Nice

Maurice Archambaud (1936 et 1939), Roger Lapébie (1937), Jules Lowie (1938), Raymond Impanis (1954), Jean Bobet (1955), Fred De Bruyne (1956), Raymond Poulidor (1972 et 1973) and Joop Zoetemelk (1974, 1975 et 1979)

Critérium du Dauphiné libéré

Edouard Klabinski (1947), Louison Bobet (1955), Raymond Poulidor (1966 et 1969) and Alain Santy (1974)

International Critérium

Raymond Poulidor (1968), Joop Zoetemelk (1979)

Louison Bobet, Mont Ventoux, Tour de France 1955Louison Bobet, Mont Ventoux, Tour de France, 1955