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1929 Paris–Tours
The 1929 Paris–Tours was the 24th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 5 May 1929. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Nicolas Frantz. General classification References 1929 in French sport 1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ... May 1929 sports events in Europe {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Frantz
Nikolas Frantz (; 4 November 1899 – 8 November 1985) was a Luxembourgish bicycle racer with 60 professional racing victories over his 12-year career (1923 to 1934). He rode for the Thomann team in 1923 and then for Alcyon- Dunlop from 1924 to 1931. He won the Tour de France in 1927 and 1928. Life and career Nicolas Frantz was the son of a prosperous farming family. Frantz could have taken over the farm but had no interest in it. In 1914 he rode his first race. He won. That convinced him that farming was not for him. He was close to unbeatable in Luxembourg until the start of the first world war. Frantz, a well-built man weighing 80 kg, turned professional in 1923. He had immediate success, winning Paris-Lyon and the GP Faber. His advantage in stage races was his consistent health and fitness. He rode the Tour de France for the first time in 1924, won two stages and finished second just 35 minutes and 36 seconds behind Ottavio Bottecchia. In 1925 and 1926 he won anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimé Déolet
Aimé () is a French masculine given name. The feminine form is Aimée, translated as "beloved". Aimé may refer to: Given name * Saint Amatus or Saint Aimé (died 690), Benedictine monk, saint, abbot and bishop in Switzerland * Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre (1779–1865), French general, Minister of the Navy and the Colonies and Minister of War * Aimé Adam (1913–2009), Canadian politician * Aimé Anthuenis (born 1943), Belgian former football coach and player * Aimé Barelli (1917–1995), French jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader * Aimé Barraud (1902–1954), Swiss painter * Aimé Bazin (1904–1984), French art director * Aimé Majorique Beauparlant (1864–1911), Canadian politician * Aimé Bénard (1873–1938), Canadian politician * Aimé Bergeal (1912–1973), French politician * Aimé Boji, Congolese politician, member of the National Assembly since 2006 * Aimé Bonpland (1773–1858), French explorer and botanist * Aimé Boucher (1877–1946), Canadian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Ronsse
Georges Ronsse (4 March 1906 – 4 July 1969) was a two-time national cyclo-cross and two-time world champion road bicycle racer from Belgium, who raced between 1926 and 1938. In addition to his several national and world championships, Ronsse won several of the ''classic'' races in road cycling including the 1925 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1927 Paris–Roubaix, and the 1927, 1929 and 1930 editions of the now-defunct Bordeaux–Paris. He won his first world championship title in 1928 in Budapest with a lead of 19 minutes and 43 seconds over second-placed finisher Herbert Nebe, the largest winning margin in road world championship history. In 1932, Ronsse capped off his career with a Stage 4 win at the 1932 Tour de France. After retiring from competition he served as manager of the Belgian national team at the Tour. Major results Road race ;1925 :1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège :1st Schaal Sels :6th Overall Tour of Belgium Independents ::1st Stage 6 ;1926 :3rd Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Paris–Tours
The 1928 Paris–Tours was the 23rd edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 22 April 1928. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Denis Verschueren. General classification References 1928 in French sport 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ... April 1928 sports events in Europe {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Paris–Tours
The 1930 Paris–Tours was the 25th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 4 May 1930. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Jean Maréchal. General classification References 1930 in French sport 1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ... May 1930 sports events in Europe {{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. Historically, it is known as a "Sprinters' Classic" because it frequently ends in a bunch sprint at the finish, in Tours. Since 2018, the course has featured gravel sectors in vineyards near 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, unhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city 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 and Gregory of Tours were from Tours. Tours was once part of Touraine, a former provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Bisseron
Roger Bisseron (27 August 1905 – 28 June 1992) was a French racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo .... He won the French national road race title in 1930. References External links * 1905 births 1992 deaths French male cyclists Sportspeople from Haute-Marne Cyclists from Grand Est 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimé Dossche
Aimé Dossche (28 March 1902 – 30 October 1985) was a Belgian racing cyclist who won two stages in the 1926 Tour de France and one stage in the 1929 Tour de France, and as a result wore the yellow jersey for three days., although some sources indicate that two of those days he joined the lead with Aime Déolet, Marcel Bidot and Maurice Dewaele. Dossche was born in Landegem and died in Ghent. Major results ;1922 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Independents :3rd Overall Tour of Belgium Independents ::1st Stage 4 ;1924 : 1st Paris-Cambrai :2nd Paris-Nantes :3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche :3rd Bruxelles-Bellaire ;1925 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :3rd Paris-Nantes : 7th Tour of Flanders :7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 9th Paris-Tours ;1926 :Tour de France ::Winner Stages 2 and 17 :4th Paris-Brussels :7th Overall Tour of Belgium :9th Giro di Lombardia ;1927 : 1st Mere :2nd Paris-Menin :8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;1928 : 1st Kampioenschap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jef Demuysere
Jef Demuysere (Wervik, 26 July 1907 – Antwerp, 30 April 1969) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the Milan–San Remo in 1934, and finished on the podium of the Tour de France in 1929 and 1931, and of the Giro d'Italia in 1932 and 1933. Major results ;1926 :Paris-Arras ;1927 :Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs ;1929 :Paris-Longwy :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 10 ::3rd place overall classification ;1930 :Circuit du Morbihan :Tour de France: ::4th place overall classification ;1931 : Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 15 and 18 ::2nd place overall classification ;1932 : Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships :Giro d'Italia: ::2nd place overall classification :Tour de France: ::8th place overall classification ;1933 :Giro d'Italia: ::2nd place overall classification ;1934 :Milan–San Remo ;1935 :Poperinge Trivia * In his native town Wervik Wervik (; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Aerts
Jean Aerts (8 September 1907 – 15 June 1992) was a Belgian road bicycle racer who specialized as a Cycling sprinter, sprinter. Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur (1927) and professional (1935) road race championships. In 1935, Aerts captured first place and the gold medal at the professional UCI Road World Championships in Floreffe, Belgium. In 1927 professional and amateur riders rode concurrently at the Nürburgring in Germany and Aerts finished 5th, the highest ranked amateur. He also competed in Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics, three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours, he used his sprinting ability to win 11 stages of the Tour de France, including six in 1933. Major results Amateur ;1926 : 2nd Belgian National Road Race Championships, National Road Championships, Amateur Road Race ;1927 : 1927 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships :: 1st Amateur Road Race ::5th 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
