Bernard Becaas (1955–2000) was a French

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. He was born in

Oloron-Sainte-Marie Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; oc, Auloron e Senta Maria; eu, Oloroe-Donamaria) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), southwestern France. History The town was founded by the ...

on May 23, 1955 and died on August 25th, 2000, following a Motorcycle Accident.

Biography

Becass began cycling in the cadet category of FC Oloron Cycling. He won an Aquitaine champion title in 1972. As an amateur, he won the Paris-Rouen in 1976 and the Nice Grand Prix in 1977 as well as two stages of the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

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1955 births 2000 deaths French male cyclists French Giro d'Italia stage winners Road incident deaths in France People from Oloron-Sainte-Marie Motorcycle road incident deaths Sportspeople from Pyrénées-Atlantiques Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20th-century French people {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub