Arsène Alancourt (29 February 1892 – 20 April 1965) was a French professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He won one stage in the

1924 Tour de France The 1924 Tour de France was the 18th edition of the Tour de France and was won by Ottavio Bottecchia. He was the first Italian cyclist to win the Tour and the first rider to hold the yellow jersey the entire event. The race was held over 5,425& ...

, and rode his best general classification in 1923 when he finished 5th. Alancourt was born in

Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Clichy ( , ; sometimes unofficially Clichy-la-Garenne ) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located on the Seine, from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 61,070. Located in Clichy are the headqua ...

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and also died there aged 63.

Major results

;1922 :13th

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 consist ...

;1923 :5th

;1924 :7th

::1st Stage 13 ;1925 :3rd Paris-Nancy ;1926 :2nd Paris-Contres ;1927 :1st

GP Wolber The GP Wolber was a French cycling event in the 1920s. It was considered a kind of unofficial World Championship. Only cyclists who finished in the top-3 of the major French, Italian, Belgian and Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival for ...

:1st Paris-Vichy :1st Paris-Contres :3rd Paris-Rennes ;1928 :1st Stage 1, Tour du Sud-Est :2nd Paris-Caen :3rd Paris-Longwy : :

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Arsène Alancourt
French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine 1892 births 1965 deaths Cyclists from Île-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1890s-stub