Saint Raphäel was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1954 to 1964. Its main sponsor was the French liquor brand Saint-Raphaël. Their biggest champion was five-time Tour de France winner Jacques Anquetil.
Known by the nicknames Maître Jacques, Monsieur Crono and L'Enfant Roi, he was the first rider to win the Tour five times. He also achieved two Giros and one Vuelta, being in turn the first to win in the three Grand Tours, in which he achieved a total of 23 stage victories (16 stages in the Tour, six stages in the Giro and one stage in the Vuelta).
As a specialist in time trial stages, he broke the hour world record in 1956, and won the Grand Prix des Nations, his favorite race, nine times.
Jacques Anquetil 1953-1964
Rudi Altig 1962-1964