Ferdinand Le Drogo (10 October 1903 – 24 April 1976) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver medal in the Elite race of the 1931 Road World Championships. Ferdinand Le Drogo was the older brother of cyclist

Paul Le Drogo Paul Le Drogo ( Pontivy, 16 December 1905 — Sarzeau, 25 July 1966) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was the younger brother of Ferdinand Le Drogo. Major results ;1927 :GP Alceida :Lorient ;1928 :Circuit des As de l'Ouest :GP d ...

. In the 1927 Tour de France, Le Drogo took part in the Dilecta-Wolber team, which won the first stage, led by

Francis Pélissier Francis Pélissier (13 June 1894 – 22 February 1959) was a French professional road racing cyclist from Paris. He was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Henri Pélissier, and the older brother of Tour de France stage winner Charles ...

, who was the first leader of the general classification. Le Drogo won the fifth stage. In the sixth stage, Francis Pélissier abandoned sick. Ferdinand Le Drogo, who was second in the general classification, became the new leader. In the seventh stage, while Le Drogo was in the yellow jersey, the Tour passed in the region where he was born. His supporters cheered for Le Drogo, and he got excited and sped away from his teammates. That cost him too much energy, and he lost 20 minutes in that stage to the J.B. Louvet team, so the lead was transferred to Hector Martin, from the J.B. Louvet team. Le Drogo would never lead the Tour de France again.

Major results

;1926 : 1st, Tour des Cornouaillies : 1st, Nantes-Les Sables de l'Olonne : 1st, Circuit des As de l'Ouest : 3rd, National Road Race Championship : 3rd, GP Wolber ;1927 : Road Race Champion : 1st, Stage 5,

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 ...

: 1st, Stages 2 & 6,

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

: 6th, Paris–Tours : 7th,

Bordeaux–Paris The Bordeaux–Paris professional cycle race was one of Europe's classic cycle races, and one of the longest in the professional calendar, covering approximately – more than twice most single-day races. It started in northern Bordeaux in sout ...

;1928 : Road Race Champion : 8th, World Road Race Championship ;1929 : 7th, World Road Race Championship : 7th, Paris–Tours ;1930 : 1st, GP Poitiers : 3rd, National Road Race Championship ;1931 : 1st, Rennes-Paris-Rennes : 1st, Circuit de l'Aulne : World Road Race Championship ;1932 : 1st, Circuit de l'Aulne : 7th,

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