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1935 Paris–Nice
The 1935 Paris–Nice was the third edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 26 March to 31 March 1935. The race started in Paris and finished in Nice. The race was won by René Vietto. General classification References Paris–Nice, 1935 1935 in road cycling 1935 in French sport March 1935 sports events {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Vietto
René Vietto (17 February 1914, Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes – 14 October 1988, Orange, Vaucluse) was a French road racing cyclist. In the 1934 Tour de France, Vietto, a relative unknown, got wings on the mountains. This was not a surprise, because he had won the Grand Prix Wolber. He was prepared for the Alps and won easily on the steepest terrain. After he won the two major Alpine stages, journalists reported that this 'boy' could be the purest mountain climber that France knew. During the 1934 Tour, he was poised to be race leader after his team leader Antonin Magne crashed during stage 16. Vietto was unaware of Magne's situation; his advantage gave him the virtual race lead. A marshal on a motorcycle caught Vietto to inform him his captain was on the side of the road, with team-mate Lapébie ahead, and the other team-mates behind the yellow jersey. Vietto turned and rode back up the mountain into the descending riders (at the time, reversing course was legal, but is no l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Buttafocchi
Adrien Buttafocchi (18 September 1907 – 29 June 1937) was a French racing cyclist. He rode the Tour de France in 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ..., but he never finished one. References 1907 births 1937 deaths French male cyclists Place of birth missing {{France-cycling-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfons Deloor
Alfons Deloor (his name is also given as "De Loor") (3 June 1910 - 23 March 1995) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He reached second place at the 1936 Vuelta a España behind his brother Gustaaf Deloor, Gustaaf, and won the 1938 Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Biography Alfons Deloor was the fourth of five sons. Their father worked as a farmhand during the season, and in the coal mines of Hainaut Province, Hainaut otherwise. The family lived in De Klinge, a small Flanders, Flemish town near the border with the Netherlands. Alfons and his younger brother Gustaaf were taught to ride a bike by their elder brother Edward. His first cycling success came in 1931, finishing ninth in 1931 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He went on to finish second in the 1932 Tour of Flanders. The same year, he was tenth in 1932 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix, which he improved upon in the 1933 Paris–Roubaix, 1933 edition by finishing sixth. In the 1933 Tour de France, he finished 27t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Fontenay
Jean Fontenay (23 July 1911 – 21 May 1975) was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1934 and 1939, and after World War II in 1947. In his career, he won three races, but he is remembered for wearing the yellow jersey in the 1939 Tour de France for two days. Palmarès ;1935 :Winner 2nd stage Tour de l'Ouest ;1936 :Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...: ::Winner stage 5 ::2nd place overall ;1938 :Winner Manche-Ocean External links * French male cyclists 1911 births 1975 deaths Sportspeople from Ille-et-Vilaine Cyclists from Brittany {{France-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Magne (cyclist)
Pierre Magne ( Livry-Gargan, Seine-Saint-Denis, 9 November 1905 – Livry-Gargan, 14 November 1980) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Magne won one stage in the 1928 Tour de France, and finished 6th in the 1930 Tour de France. Pierre Magne was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Antonin Magne. Major results ;1927 :1927 Tour de France: ::15th place overall classification ;1928 :1928 Tour de France: ::Winner stage 15 ::10th place overall classification ;1929 :1929 Tour de France: ::9th place overall classification :Tour de Corrèze ;1930 :1930 Tour de France The 1930 Tour de France was the 24th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 27 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The 24th tour de France introduced a new format to team racing; teams were organised by country with ten riders ...: ::6th place overall classification ;1931 :Circuit du Gers ;1932 :GP de "L'Echo d'Alger" ;1933 :Circuit de Béarn :Circuit de Cantal External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Speicher
Georges Speicher (; 8 June 1907 – 24 January 1978) was a French cyclist who won the 1933 Tour de France along with three stage wins, and the 1933 World Cycling Championship. After Speicher had won the 1933 Tour de France, he was initially not selected for the 1933 UCI Road World Championships. Only after a French cyclist that had been selected dropped out, Speicher was brought in as a replacement at the last notice, and won the race. Speicher was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and the World Championship in the same year. Career achievements Major results ;1931 :Paris-Arras ;1932 :10th Tour de France: ;1933 : World road race championship :Tour de France: :: Winner overall classification ::Winner stages 8, 9 and 12 ;1934 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 1, 5, 6, 13 and 20 ;1935 : national road race championship :Paris-Rennes :Paris-Angers :Tour de France: ::6th place overall classification ::Winner stage 13B ;1936 :Alger :Paris–Roubaix (victory contested by Romai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Le Grevès
René Le Grevès (6 July 1910 – 25 February 1946) was a French professional road bicycle racer. As an amateur cyclist, he won the silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit. In 1933 Le Grevès became professional, and between 1933 and 1939, he won sixteen stages in the Tour de France. Major results ;1932 :Silver medal 1932 olympic games, team pursuit ;1933 :Paris-Caen :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 22 ;1934 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 2, 5, 10 and 22A ;1935 :Circuit de Paris :Circuit du Morbihan :Critérium International :Paris–Tours :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 14A, 18A, 19A and 20A ;1936 : national road race championship :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 5, 12, 13A, 14A, 17 and 20A ;1937 :Critérium International ;1938 :Paris-Caen ;1939 :Paris-Sedan :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 Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Level
Léon Level (12 July 1910 in Hédouville – 26 March 1949 in Paris) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1933 :Tour de France: ::7th place overall classification ;1935 :Circuit du Mont-Blanc :Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1936 :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 9 ::10th place overall classification External links *Official Tour de France results for Léon Level French male cyclists 1910 births 1949 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Val-d'Oise Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists who died while racing Sport deaths in France Cyclists from Île-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Dignef
Antoine Dignef (3 October 1910 – 9 April 1991) was a Belgian cyclist. He is best known for finishing 3rd overall and winning two stages of the Vuelta a España, making him the first ever winner of a stage in the Vuelta. He also won Scheldeprijs in 1938 and finished second in the 1935 Paris–Nice. Major results ;1932 : 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stages 2 & 7 ;1933 : 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 7 ;1934 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1935 : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 9th Paris–Roubaix ;1936 : 9th La Flèche Wallonne : 9th Overall Paris–Nice ;1938 : 1st Scheldeprijs ;1939 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 millionDemographia: World Urban Areas , Demographia.com, April 2016 on an area of . Located on the , the southeastern coast of France on the , at the foot of the |
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] |
