Edward Klabiński (7 August 1920 – 4 March 1997) was a professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. He was the first cyclist from Poland to take part in the

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 ...

. He finished in 34th place at the

1947 Tour de France The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 20 July. The total race distance was 21 stages over . It was the first Tour since 1939, having been cancelled during World War II, although some Tour ...

. He also rode in the

1948 Tour de France The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over . The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who had also won the Tour de France in 1938. Bartal ...

where he finished 2nd on two stages, and placed 18th overall. Klabiński won the first edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Major results

Sources: ;1947 : 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Charleroi - Chaudfontaine : 1st Critérium de Charleroi : 1st Prix Petitjean : 2nd Hautmont : 3rd Paris-Valenciennes ;1948 : 1st Grand Prix de Saint-Quentin : 1st Lille - Calais - Lille : 3rd

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...

: 3rd Tourcoing-Dunkerque-Tourcoing ;1949 : 1st Lille - Calais - Lille ;1950 : 1st

GP de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...

: 1st Lille - Calais - Lille : 1st Stage 3

Tour de l'Ouest The Tour de l'Ouest (English: Tour of the West), also known as the Circuit de I'Ouest, was a road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular pr ...

: 6th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

: 9th Paris-Bruxelles : 9th

Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa ...

;1951 : 6th

Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation cou ...

;1952 : 6th Overall

Tour du Nord The Tour du Nord was a multi-day road cycling race held in Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France ...

;1953 : 8th Overall

;1954 : 1st Stages 8 & 9

Course de la Paix The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

;1956 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Champagne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Biography in French
1920 births 1997 deaths Polish male cyclists People from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) Polish expatriates in Germany Polish emigrants to France {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub