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1917 Paris–Tours
The 1917 Paris–Tours was the 12th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 6 May 1917. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Philippe Thys (cyclist), Philippe Thys. General classification References 1917 in French sport Paris–Tours, 1917 May 1917 sports events in Europe {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Thys (cyclist)
Philippe Thys (; ; 8 October 1889 – 16 January 1971) was a Belgium, Belgian cycle sport, cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France. Professional career In 1910, Thys won Belgium's first national cyclo-cross championship. The following year he won the Circuit Français Peugeot, followed by stage races from Paris to Toulouse and Paris to Turin. He then turned professional to ride the Tour de France. Thys won the Tour in 1913 Tour de France, 1913 despite breaking his bicycle fork, and needing to find a bicycle shop to mend it. The repair induced a 10-minute penalty, but he won with a lead of just under nine minutes. Thys took the stage and the race lead when Eugène Christophe broke his fork on the way to Luchon. Marcel Buysse overtook him in the results the following day. Another broken fork on the way to Nice gave Thys the lead again but drama continued when he fell on the penultimate stage from Longwy to Dunkirk. Despite being knocked out and being penalised fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mantelet
Charles Mantelet (10 November 1894 – 2 May 1955) was a French cyclist who won Paris–Tours in 1918. Major results ;1913 : 2nd Paris–Évreux ;1914 : 1st Paris–Évreux ;1917 : 4th Paris–Tours ;1918 : 1st 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 ... ;1921 : 2nd Circuit de Champagne ;1923 : 2nd Circuit de Paris References External links * French male cyclists 1894 births 1955 deaths Cyclists from Paris 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Cazalis
Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. People Given name *Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat (1803–1878), French politician and Prince of Pontecorvo *Lucien, Lord of Monaco (1487–1523) * Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member of Delta-S * Lucien Bégouin (1908-1998), French politician *Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), brother of Napoleon *Lucien Bouchard (born 1938), French-Canadian politician *Lucien Bourjeily, Lebanese writer and director *Lucien Carr (1925–2005), member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation * Lucien Dahdah (1929–2003), Lebanese politician *Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva (1893-1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council * Lucien Ginsburg (1928–1991), birth name of Serge Gainsbourg *Lucien Greaves (born 1975), social activist and the spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple *Lucien Jack (born 1988), the real name of British singer Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Neffati
Ali Neffati (22 January 1895 in Tunis – 19 April 1974 in Paris) was a Tunisian cyclist who was professional between 1913 and 1930. He is known for being the first person from the African continent to participate in the Tour de France, when he participated in the 1913 edition. He also was in the 1914 Tour de France, but didn't finish either of them. In the 1914 Tour, he was hit by a car from the organization, and could not continue. Neffati's cycling career began in 1908 in Tunisia, where he won several track championships. In 1913 he accepted an invitation to the Tour de France. He was iconic for wearing a fez instead of the traditional cap. Despite the setback caused to his career by the World War I, he returned to racing in 1918 and became a regular at major races of the time. He was one of 87 riders to compete in the Circuit des Champs de Bataille in early 1919, the stages of which crossed towns devastated by World War I; the race is remembered as the toughest in cycling his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Noel
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian: Andrei, |
