Achille Germain
Achille Germain was a French people, French road and track cyclist. A professional from 1905 to 1919, he won many local events but also shone on the Velodrome, velodromes of Paris, where he gained a great reputation in middle-distance races, notably taking third place in the French championship in 1914. Second in the Six Days of Toulouse in 1906, in partnership with Jean Gauban, he also participated twice in the Six Days of New York and took part in the first Six Days of Paris in 1913. Germain, nicknamed “Germain de la Flèche” by his followers, also competed in road races, taking part in the 1908 Tour de France, where he placed 16th, achieving his best result with an eighth-place finish on the tenth stage to Bordeaux. The following year, he won a stage in the Circuit de la Loire and finished second overall. Mobilized as a corporal cyclist with the 317th Infantry regiment during the World War I, First World War, he retired from the sport in 1919 following an injury sustaine ...
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Beaupréau
Beaupréau () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges and Villedieu-la-Blouère merged becoming one commune called Beaupréau-en-Mauges. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Èvre. Population Twin towns * Abergavenny, Wales Notable people *Damien Gaudin (Born 1986) professional cyclist * Gabriel Gaté (Born 1955) chef See also *Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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