Jean Auguste Étienne called Auguste Stéphane (9 February 1863 – 12 February 1947)
was a French
racing cyclist. He won the 1892
Bordeaux-Paris and finished second in the
1898 Paris–Roubaix.
Auguste Stéphane was active as a cyclist between 1891 and 1901. In 1892, he won the second edition of Bordeaux-Paris, a race over more than 600 kilometers. The following year he finished this race in second place behind
Louis Cottereau and won Basel-Strasbourg. In 1894, he won Paris-Spa and in 1897, together with Jean Bertin, Toulouse-Agen-Toulouse. At the third edition of Paris-Roubaix in 1898, he was runner-up behind
Maurice Garin.
On 6 and 7 January 1894, he races against
Jean-Marie Corre
Jean-Marie Corre (21 June 1864, Tremel, Côtes-d'Armor – 18 September 1915) was a French cyclist and bicycle maker from 1895 to 1914, with workshops in Paris and Rueil, and an automobile manufacturer under the brand ''Corre'', and later ''Corre ...
in a 1000 kilometer match at the
Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris. He covers the distance in 39 hours, 28 minutes and 8 seconds and wins the match. The race is not "particularly interesting", according to the Dutch magazine "De Kampioen", because "from the beginning, you quickly understand that Stéphane is the strongest of the two riders".
[''De Kampioen.'' 12 January 1894 ()]
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1863 births
1947 deaths
French male cyclists
Sportspeople from Saint-Étienne
Cyclists from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes