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List Of Cyclists
This is an incomplete list of professional racing cyclists, sorted alphabetically by decade in which they won their first major race. Cyclists by country * List of British cyclists * List of Dutch cyclists Cyclists by decade Of the 1880s * Frank Bowden * Thomas Stevens * Alfred Tipper Of the 1890s * Georgios Aspiotis * Edward Battell * Hélène Dutrieu * Léon Flameng * August von Gödrich * Bert Harris * Miltiades Iatrou * Georgios Koletis * Aristidis Konstantinidis * Konstantinos Konstantinou * Charles "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy was the first man ever to ride a bicycle for one mile in less than a minute. He performed this feat in 1899 by drafting behind a Long Island Rail Road boxcar between Farmingdale and Babylon on Long Island. * Dora Rinehart * Major Taylor (26 November 1878 – 21 June 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world 1 mile (1.6 km) track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world records and overcoming racial discriminatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of British Cyclists
__NOTOC__ A * Adrian Adgar * Dave Akam * Caroline Alexander * Eddie Alexander * Ian Alsop * Katie Archibald * Lizzie Armitstead * Dan Atherton * Gee Atherton * Rachel Atherton * George Atkins * Brenda Atkinson B * David Baker (cyclo) * David Baker (track) * Ian Banbury * Lizzy Banks * Alan Bannister * Charley Barden * Cyril Bardsley * Elinor Barker * Megan Barker * Yanto Barker * Alice Barnes * Hannah Barnes * Nick Barnes * Reg Barnett * Ella Barnwell * Sid Barras * Tom Barras * Mark Barry * Charles Henry Bartlett * Karl Barton * Lauren Bate * Edward Battell * Phil Bayton * Scott Beaumont * Oli Beckinsale * Dave Bedwell * Lauren Bell * Mark Bell * Jonathan Bellis * Michael Bennett * Steve Bent * Frederick Thomas Bidlake * Lloyd Binch * Janet Birkmyre * Laura Bissell * Peter Bissell * Maria Blower * Anna Blyth * Adam Blythe * Chris Boardman * John Gavin Bone * Fred Booker * Ray Booty * Peter Boyd * Sally Boyden * Reg Braddick * Bill Bradley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Rinehart
Dora Rinehart of Colorado, gained a reputation as "America's Greatest Cyclienne"5280.com Oliver, Jeffrey: "One for the road". 5280.com, July 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2009. for her long-distance riding in the mid-1890s. Rinehart took up in 1894, even though society at that time discouraged female riders. In 1896 she famously rode more than 100 100-mile rides. She commented that "I do not like to go on a hard run when my husband is with me, for you know it does take so much starch out of a man to ride the century." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Alavoine
Jean Alavoine (1 April 1888 – 18 July 1943) was a French professional cyclist, who won 17 stages in the Tour de France - only eight riders have won more stages - and wore the yellow jersey for five days. Jean Alavoine was born in Roubaix on 1 April 1888. In his professional career from 1908 to 1925, he won 29 courses, including 17 Tour de France stages. In the 1922 Tour de France, he won three stages in a row, stages 5–6-7, and wore the yellow jersey. In stage 11, still leading the race, Alavoine had mechanical problems and his lead dropped to 6:53 minutes. In stage 12 Alavoine lost 37 minutes and the lead. In the end, he finished the tour in second place. In 1943 he died during a veteran race in Argenteuil. Major results ;1909 :French national road race champion :Tour de France: ::3rd place general classification ::Winner stages 8 and 14 ;1912 :Tour de France: ::5th place general classification ::Winner stages 11, 13 and 15 ;1913 :Tour de France: did not finish ;1914 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Schallwig, The German Cyclist In 1915-1916
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by the Entente powers equivalent to the derogative Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz." Surname *Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon *Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman *Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach *Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer *Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Pottier
René Pottier (5 June 1879 in Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne – 25 January 1907 in Levallois-Perret) was a French racing cyclist. Pottier won the amateur category of the 1903 Bordeaux–Paris race before turning professional. He came second in Paris–Roubaix 1905 and Bordeaux–Paris 1905, then third in 1906's Paris–Roubaix, before winning the Tour de France in 1906. He was considered the finest climber of the Tour. In the 1905 race he was first up the Ballon d'Alsace but lost the lead to Hippolyte Aucouturier after nails punctured his final spare tyre. He finished the stage only when Aucouturier gave him one of his spare tyres. Injury due to a fall on the next stage to Grenoble caused him to abandon. The following year he took five stage wins out of thirteen and overall victory with 31 points. Again he was first up the Ballon d'Alsace but this time he stayed ahead, finishing as Dijon 48 minutes before his nearest competitor. He also won in Grenoble by fifteen minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Petit-Breton
Lucien Georges Mazan (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917) was a French racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton, ), known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he took the nationality. His cycling career started when he won a bike in a lottery at the age of sixteen. As his father wanted him to do a 'real' job, he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton for races, to deceive his father. Later he changed it to Petit-Breton, because there already was another cyclist called Lucien Breton. Professional career His first notable victory was the track cycling championship of Argentina but in 1902 he was drafted in the French Army and he moved back to France. Two years later in 1904 he won the Bol d'Or track event at the second attempt, having finished second the previous year. In 1905 he broke the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Payne
Ernest Payne (23 December 1884 – 10 September 1961) was an English track cycling racer. Born in Worcester, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London for Great Britain and went on to play football, including two games as an amateur for Manchester United. Background Payne was born in a cottage at Red Hill, Worcester, in 1884 to John Payne, a gardener, and his wife Annie (née Morris). He worked as a carpenter. As his cycling prowess grew his employer gave him time off to compete. Payne gave him a gold watch in thanks. Cycling career Ernest Payne's cycling talent was spotted at Boughton Park in Worcester. T W Badgery of the Worcester St Johns Cycling Club (speaking at a golden jubilee dinner in 1938) said that he borrowed his brother's bicycle "and it was seen at once that he was going to be a champion". Payne joined the St Johns club in 1903. Payne was stocky, five feet tall and weighing ten stone and . He was trained by his brother Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Marvingt
Marie Marvingt (20 February 1875 – 14 December 1963) was a French athlete, mountaineer, aviator, and journalist. She won numerous prizes for her sporting achievements including those of swimming, cycling, mountain climbing, winter sports, ballooning, flying, riding, gymnastics, athletics, rifle shooting, and fencing. She was the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the French and Swiss Alps. She was a record-breaking balloonist, an aviator, and during World War I she became the first female combat pilot. She was also a qualified surgical nurse, was the first trained and certified flight nurse in the world, and worked for the establishment of air ambulance services throughout the world. In 1903 M. Château de Thierry de Beaumanoir named her the fiancée of danger, which newspapers used to describe her for the rest of her life. It is also included on the commemorative plaque on the façade of the house where she lived at 8 Place de la Carrière, Nancy. Biography Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Garin
Maurice-François Garin (; 3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) was an Italian then French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on 21 December 1901. Family life Garin was born the son of Maurice-Clément Garin and Maria Teresa Ozello in Arvier, in the French-speaking Aosta Valley in north-west Italy, close to the French border. The name Garin was the most common in the native village of Maurice, called "Chez-les-Garin",Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix, Manifestations, 3rd Mars, 2004, Hommage à Maurice Garin belonging to five of the seven families. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorvald Ellegaard
Thorvald Ellegaard (7 March 1877 - 27 April 1954) was a leading Danish track cycling, track racing cycle sport, cyclist in the 1900s and 1910s. He won the world professional sprint (cycling), sprint title six times, three European titles, and 24 Danish titles. He also won the Grand Prix de Paris (cycling), Grand Prix de Paris in 1901 and 1911. Over the course of his long career, which spanned 31 years, he competed in 1,560 significant races, winning 925 of them. He was Denmark's first sports idol. Biography Thorvald Kristian Kristensen was born on 7 March 1877 in Fangel, a village 12 km south-west of Odense on the Danish island of Funen. He had his debut on 23 May 1895 in Slagelse. Like his brother, Peter, he changed his name to Ellegård after the farm where they were born. He completed a mason's apprenticeship in 1896. In 1898 he became professional as the first Danish racing cyclist from the provinces. By 1899, the international community had become aware of his talent an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Cornet
Henri Cornet (born Henri Jardry; 4 August 1884 – 18 March 1941) was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France. He is its youngest winner, just short of his 20th birthday.Woodland, Les (2007), The Yellow Jersey Guide to the Tour de France, Yellow Jersey, UK, p99 Background Cornet was born in the Pas-de-Calais region of northwest France and was registered at birth under his mother's name. Then he was adopted by his stepfather, who gave him the name Jardry. It's not known why he changed his name from Henri Jardry to Henri Cornet. He was a talented amateur—he won Paris-Honfleur in 1903—but little known beyond northern France and in Belgium when he entered the second Tour de France in 1904. It was his first year as a professional. The organizer, Henri Desgrange, promoted his unknown competitors to readers of '' L'Auto'', the newspaper he edited, by giving them nicknames. He called Cornet ''Le Rigolo'', or "the joker", for his sense of fun.Coups de Pédales, Belgium, undat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloïs Catteau
Aloïs Catteau (11 August 1877 – 2 November 1939) was an early-twentieth-century Belgian road racing cyclist who participated in the inaugural 1903 Tour de France and finished tenth. His best result was the 1904 Tour de France, where he finished 3rd. Major results ;1903 : 10th Overall Tour de France ;1904 : 3rd Overall Tour de France : 6th Paris–Roubaix ;1905 : 7th Paris–Roubaix ;1906 : 3rd Paris–Tourcoing : 6th Overall Tour de France ;1907 : 9th Overall Tour de France ;1908 : 7th Overall Tour of Belgium : 8th Paris-Bruxelles ;1909 : 6th Bol d'Or ;1911 : 6th Bol d'Or The Bol d’Or is a 24-hour endurance race for motorcycles, held annually in France. The riding of each bike is now shared by a team of three riders. History The Bol d’Or, first organized by Eugene Mauve, in 1922, was a race for motorcycles ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links *Memoire du Cyclisme info on Alois Catteau 1877 births 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
