Léon Omer Beaugendre (9 September 1883 – 20 April 1954) was a French cyclist who competed at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and in the

1910 Tour de France The 1910 Tour de France was the eighth edition of the Tour de France, taking place 3 to 31 July. It consisted of 15 stages over , ridden at an average speed of 28.680 km/h. It was the first Tour to enter the Pyrenees mountains. Two main cand ...

. He won

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...

in 1908. He was the brother of the cyclists

François Beaugendre François Beaugendre (1880-1936) was an early twentieth century French road racing cyclist who participated in the 1903 Tour de France (the first Tour) and finished ninth overall. Beaugendre also rode the first four stages of the 1904 Tour de Fra ...

and Joseph Beaugendre.

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* 1883 births 1954 deaths French male cyclists Olympic cyclists for France Cyclists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Loir-et-Cher Cyclists from Centre-Val de Loire {{France-cycling-bio-1880s-stub