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René Le Grevès (6 July 1910 – 25 February 1946) 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 com ...
. As an amateur cyclist, he won the silver medal at the
1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...
in the team pursuit. In 1933 Le Grevès became professional, and between 1933 and 1939, he won sixteen stages in the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
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Major results

;1932 :Silver medal 1932 olympic games, team pursuit ;1933 :Paris-Caen :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: ::Winner stage 22 ;1934 :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: ::Winner stages 2, 5, 10 and 22A ;1935 :Circuit de Paris :Circuit du Morbihan :
Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day Stage (bicycle race), bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in ...
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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 ...
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Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: ::Winner stages 14A, 18A, 19A and 20A ;1936 : national road race championship :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: ::Winner stages 5, 12, 13A, 14A, 17 and 20A ;1937 :
Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day Stage (bicycle race), bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in ...
;1938 :Paris-Caen ;1939 :Paris-Sedan :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: ::Winner stage 18A


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Official Tour de France results for René Le Grèves
French male cyclists 1910 births 1946 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for France Olympic silver medalists for France French track cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Paris Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub