Lucien Lazaridès (30 December 1922 — 19 July 2005) was a French professional

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. Lazaridès was born with

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nationality but became French in 1929. Lucien Lazaridès was an older brother of cyclist

Apo Lazaridès Apo Lazaridès (16 October 1925 – 30 October 1998) was a French champion cyclist. Born Jean-Apôtre Lazaridès in Marles-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais of Greek ancestry (he became French in 1929). During the German military administration in ...

. Lazaridès won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1949 and reached the podium of the

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in 1951. Later in his career he won two Tour de France stages.

Major results

;1949 :Nice - Mont Agel : Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1951 :

: ::3rd place overall classification ;1954 :

: ::Winner stage 17 ;1955 :

: ::Winner stage 10

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Lucien Lazarides
1922 births 2005 deaths French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Greek emigrants to France Sportspeople from Athens Cyclists from Pas-de-Calais 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub