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1920 Paris–Tours
The 1920 Paris–Tours was the 15th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 2 May 1920. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Eugène Christophe. General classification References 1920 in French sport 1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ... May 1920 sports events {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Christophe
Eugène Christophe (born Malakoff, Paris, France, 22 January 1885, died in Paris, 1 February 1970) was a French road bicycle racer and pioneer of cyclo-cross. He was a professional from 1904 until 1926. In 1919 he became the first rider to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France . Eugène Christophe rode 11 Tours de France and finished eight. He never won but he became famous for having to weld together his bicycle while leading. It was one of a series of events that coloured his racing career. Origins Eugène Christophe rode his first race when he was 18 and his last when he was 41 in 1926. He worked as a locksmith until racing took over his life. Tour de France The 1906 race The 1906 Tour de France was Christophe's first. He finished in ninth place behind Rene Pottier. The 1912 race In the 1912 Tour de France Christophe was denied victory by the system of awarding victory to the winner on points. Throughout the race he was the strongest rider, but the Belgians ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoré Barthélémy
Honoré Barthélémy (25 September 1891 – 12 May 1964) was a French road bicycle racer who took part and finished fifth overall and won four stages in the 1919 Tour de France. He was born in Paris, France. In 1920, says the ''Yellow Jersey Guide to the Tour de France'', he crashed on the stage to Aix-en-Provence and only slowly got back on his bike, dazed and bloody. He could not bend his back and had to turn his handlebars upside down to be able to continue. As his dizziness lessened, he realised that what he thought was concussion was blindness. A flint had gone into an eye. Despite that, he finished not only that day but the Tour, coming eighth despite half-blindness, a broken shoulder and a dislocated wrist. He was carried in triumph at the finish. Nor did he stop racing when he was fitted with a glass eye. Dusty roads made it uncomfortable and he often took it out. The socket would then become infected and he would plug it with cotton. "It makes no difference to my sight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Dejonghe
Albert Dejonghe (Middelkerke, 14 February 1894 — Middelkerke, 23 February 1981) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won Paris–Roubaix in 1922, one stage in the 1923 Tour de France and finished 5th and 6th in the 1925 and 1926 Tour de France. Career In 1919 following The Great War a race was held touring the battlefields of Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Dejonghe won stage two of the race but did not end up placing highly overall. In 1922 Dejonghe won Paris–Roubaix a cycling monument. He is one of two cyclists to ever win the prestigious race while sporting a mustache. Major results Sources: ;1913 : 3rd Tour of Belgium ;1919 : 1st Stage 2 Circuit des Champs de Bataille : 2nd Retinne - Marche - Retinne : 3rd Bordeaux–Paris : 3rd De Drie Zustersteden ;1920 : 2nd Tour of Flanders : 2nd Retinne - Spa - Retinne : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 3rd Paris–Tours ;1921 : 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1922 : 1st Paris–Roubaix ;1923 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Paris–Tours
The 1919 Paris–Tours was the 14th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 8 June 1919. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Hector Tiberghien. General classification References 1919 in French sport 1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ... June 1919 sports events {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Paris–Tours
The 1921 Paris–Tours was the 16th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 17 April 1921. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Francis Pélissier. General classification References 1921 in French sport 1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ... April 1921 sports events {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, at Le Gault-du-Perche. It is known as a "Sprinters' Classic" because it frequently ends in a bunch sprint at the finish, in Tours. For several decades the race arrived on the 2.7 km long Avenue de Grammont, one of cycling's best-known finishing straits, particularly renowned among sprinters. Since 2011 the finish was moved to a different location because a new tram line was built on the Avenue de Grammont. History Paris–Tours was first run for amateurs in 1896, making it one of the oldest cycling races in the world. It was organised by the magazine ''Paris-Vélo'', which described that edition won by Eugène Prévost as, ''“A crazy, unheard of, unhoped for success”''. It was five years before the race was run again and a furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole functional area (France), metropolitan area was 516,973. Tours sits on the lower reaches of the Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Augustus, Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingians and the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingians, with the Capetian dynasty, Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Martin of Tours, Saint Martin, Gregory of Tours and Alcuin were all from Tours. Tours was once part of Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Juseret
Charles Juseret (28 April 1892 – 4 September 1973) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1919 Tour de France The 1919 Tour de France was the 13th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 29 June to 27 July over a total distance of . It was the first Tour de France after World War I, and was won by Firmin Lambot. Following the tenth stage, the y .... References 1892 births 1973 deaths Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rossius
Jean Rossius (27 December 1890, Cerexhe-Heuseux, Soumagne – 2 May 1966) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the Tour de France. In the 1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the overall classification, his best finishing. Major results ;1914 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 2 and 9 ::Leading general classification for 4 days (joint with Philippe Thys) ;1919 :Liège-Malmedy-Liège : Belgian National Road Race Championships :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 1Rossius was the winner of the first stage, but received a 30 minute penalty for helping Philippe Thys illegally, therefore he was not leading the general classification after stage one. ;1920 :Retinne-Spa-Retinne :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Masselis
Jules Masselis (Ledegem, 19 November 1886 – Roeselare, 29 July 1965) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won two stages in the Tour de France and was leading the general classification for two nonconsecutive days. Major results ;1908 :Deinze :Omloop van het Houtland ;1909 : Paris-Sedan : Paris-Liège ;1910 :Tour of Belgium, including 2 stages ;1911 :Tour de France :: Winner stage 2 :: Leading classification for one day ;1912 : Paris-Menin ;1913 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ... :: Winner stage 2 :: Leading classification for one day ;1926 :Moorslede External links * Belgian male cyclists 1886 births 1965 deaths Belgian Tour de France stage winners People from Ledegem Sportspeople from West Flanders {{Belgium-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Bellenger
Romain Bellenger (Paris, 18 January 1894 — Cahors, 25 November 1981) was a French road racing cyclist who came third in the 1923 Tour de France and eighth in the 1924 Tour de France and won three stages. Major results ;1919 :Circuit de Paris ;1920 :Circuit des villes d'eaux d'Auvergne :Criterium des Aiglons :Paris-Dunkerque :Paris-Nancy ;1921 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 :Circuit de Paris ;1922 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 ;1923 :Tour de France: :: 3rd, Overall classification :: Winner stage 13 :: Yellow jersey, After Stages 4 and 5 :Tour du Vaucluse ;1924 :Tour de France: :: 8th, Overall classification :: 1st, Stage 2 (371 km) :: 1st, Stage 14 (433 km) ;1925 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 :Giro della provincia Milano (joint with Achille Souchard Alphonse Achille Souchard (17 May 1900 – 20 September 1976) was a French cyclist who competed in the road race at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He finished tenth individually and won a gold medal in the team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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