Henri Puppo (5 February 1913 in
Le Tignet
Le Tignet (; oc, Lo Tinhet) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Tignétans''.
Population
See also
*Communes of th ...
,
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...
– 7 January 2012) was a professional
road bicycle racer
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. He was born
Italian
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, but changed his nationality to
French in 1937. Puppo won a stage of the
1937 Tour de France.
Major results
;1934
:Boucles de Sospel
;1936
:Boucles de Sospel
:Montpellier
;1937
:Circuit des Alpes
:GP de Fréjus
:Nice - Toulon - Nice
:
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 ...
:
::Winner stage 5A
References
External links
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Official Tour de France results for Henri Puppo
1913 births
2012 deaths
Sportspeople from Alpes-Maritimes
Italian male cyclists
French male cyclists
French Tour de France stage winners
Cyclists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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