Autographs of Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor (15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (pronounced ), was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for Mercier his entire career.
His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public. He was known as "The Eternal Second", because he never won the Tour de France despite finishing in second place three times, and in third place five times (including his final Tour at the age of 40). Despite his consistency, he never wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours (of which he completed 12). He did win one Grand Tour, the 1964 Vuelta a España. Of the eighteen Grand Tours that he entered in his career, he finished in the top 10 fifteen times.
Raymond Poulidor was the son of Martial and Maria Poulidor, small farmers outside the hamlet of Masbaraud-Mérignat, where the Creuse region east of Limoges meets the département of Haute-Vienne. Poulidor began working on the farm where, he remembered, "the soil was poor and we had to work hard; farming incomes were poor." The need for working hands on the farm meant he left school at 14 even though he wanted to continue his studies. Local entertainment went little further than village fairs, with coconut shies, sack-races, competitions for bottles of home-made jam... and inter-village cycle races. Poulidor continued to help out on his parents' farm even after he turned professional.
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Traded items with a signature of Raymond Poulidor
The most expensive item with a signature of Raymond Poulidor (ORIGINAL VINTAGE CYCLING JERSEY TEAM GAN AUTOGRAPHED BY RAYMOND POULIDOR) was sold in October 2014 for £92.00 while the cheapest item (Raymond Poulidor (Cyclist - 1964 Vuelta a España) Signed PR Card) found a new owner for £1.25 in October 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2020 with an average selling price of £21.99 for an autographed item of Raymond Poulidor. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2014 with £92.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £9.99 was March 2013. In average, an autographed item from Raymond Poulidor is worth £18.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Raymond Poulidor were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | A3 A4 Photo Signed By Raymond Poulidor Cycling Legend 1964 Tour de France | £21.99 |  |
 | A3 A4 Photo Signed By Raymond Poulidor Cycling Legend Tour de France | £21.99 | |
 | RAYMOND POULIDOR (1936-2019) - The eternal second, signed photo | £35.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR (1936-2019) - The eternal second, signed photo | £35.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR (1936-2019) - The eternal second, signed photo | £30.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR (1936-2019) - The eternal second, signed photo | £33.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR (1936-2019) - The eternal second, signed photo | £35.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR - The eternal second, signed photo | £15.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR - The eternal second, signed photo | £17.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR - The eternal second, signed photo | £20.00 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR - The eternal second, signed photo | £9.99 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR 2014 HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED CLUB TOUR DE FRANCE POSTCARD | £23.52 | |
| RAYMOND POULIDOR SIGNED PHOTO 100% GENUINE TOUR DE FRANCE IDEAL CYCLING GIFT | £19.99 | |
| Vuelta winner 1964 at Cycling Raymond Poulidor original signed 10x15 photo. | £11.99 | |
| Vuelta winner 1964 at Cycling Raymond Poulidor original signed 10x15 photo. | £8.99 | |
