# Jean Dotto

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**Jean-Baptiste Dotto** (27 March 1928, in [St-Nazaire](/source/St-Nazaire) – 20 February 2000, in [Ollioules](/source/Ollioules), [France](/source/France)[1]) was the first French racing cyclist to win the [Vuelta a España](/source/Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a). He rode the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France) 13 times, coming fourth in 1954.

Jean Dotto was born with Italian nationality. He became French in 1937.[1] Dotto was a good [climber](/source/Climbing). He became an independent, or semi-professional, in 1948 and won a race up [Mont Ventoux](/source/Mont_Ventoux)[2] that year and won [Marseille](/source/Marseille)-[Toulon](/source/Toulon)-Marseille and the climb of La Turbie, near [Nice](/source/Nice) in 1950. He turned professional in 1951 for France-Sport-Dunlop and won five races, including three hill climbs, in his first season. He rode until 1963, winning 35 races,[2] including the [Dauphiné-Libéré](/source/Dauphin%C3%A9-Lib%C3%A9r%C3%A9) twice. He won stage 19 of the [1954 Tour de France](/source/1954_Tour_de_France) and next year won the Vuelta by beating [Julio Jiménez](/source/Julio_Jim%C3%A9nez_(cyclist)) of [Spain](/source/Spain) and [Raphaël Géminiani](/source/Rapha%C3%ABl_G%C3%A9miniani) of France.

Of his era, he said: "We took [amphetamine](/source/Amphetamine) but not all the year. That allowed us to win and it wasn't very dangerous."[3]

## Major results

**1952**- 1st, Overall, [Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré](/source/1952_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9_Lib%C3%A9r%C3%A9)
- 8th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1952_Tour_de_France)
**1954**- 4th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1954_Tour_de_France) - 1st, Stage 19, [Briançon](/source/Brian%C3%A7on) > [Aix-les-Bains](/source/Aix-les-Bains) (221 km)
**1955**- 1st, Overall, [Vuelta a España](/source/Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)
**1956 – Sud-Est**- 19th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1956_Tour_de_France)
**1957**- 10th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1957_Tour_de_France)
**1958 – Centre-Midi**- DNF Stage 23, [Tour de France](/source/1958_Tour_de_France) - 3rd, Climbers Classification
**1959**- 15th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1959_Tour_de_France)
**1960**- 1st, Overall, [Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré](/source/1960_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9_Lib%C3%A9r%C3%A9)
- 35th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1960_Tour_de_France)
**1961**- 8th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1961_Tour_de_France)
**1962**- 58th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1962_Tour_de_France)
**1963**- 28th, Overall, [Tour de France](/source/1963_Tour_de_France)

## References

1. [Memoire du Cyclisme, Rider history, Jean-Baptiste Dotto](http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/dotto_jean.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090711090805/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/dotto_jean.php) 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Velo Club, Rider database, article on Jean-Baptiste Dotto](http://www.velo-club.net/article.php?sid=10234) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081205013942/http://www.velo-club.net/article.php?sid=10234) 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Cyclisme Dopage, Les aveux -Après la fin de leur carrière (mais sans remord...) (Confessions - After the end of their careers (but without remorse ...), Jean-Baptiste Dotto](http://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/aveux.htm)

## External links

- [Official Tour de France results for Jean Dotto](http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3193.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111518/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3193.html) 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine

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