Georges Speicher (pronounced [ʒɔʁʒ spɛ.ʃe]; 8 June 1907 – 24 January 1978) was a French cyclist who won the 1933 Tour de France along with three stage wins, and the 1933 World Cycling Championship.
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| Full name | Georges Speicher | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Le roi de Montlhéry (The King of Montlhéry) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 1907 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1978 (aged 70) Maisons-Laffitte, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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After Speicher had won the 1933 Tour de France, he was initially not selected for the 1933 UCI Road World Championships. Only after a French cyclist that had been selected dropped out, Speicher was brought in as a replacement at the last notice, and won the race.[1] Speicher was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and the World Championship in the same year.[2]
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 1931
- Paris-Arras
- 1932
- 10th Tour de France:
- 1933
- World road race championship
- Tour de France:
Winner overall classification- Winner stages 8, 9 and 12
- 1934
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 1, 5, 6, 13 and 20
- 1935
France national road race championship- Paris-Rennes
- Paris-Angers
- Tour de France:
- 6th place overall classification
- Winner stage 13B
- 1936
- Alger
- Paris–Roubaix (victory contested by Romain Maes)
- 1937
- France national road race championship
- 1939
- France national road race championship
Grand Tour results timeline
edit| 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |
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| Giro d'Italia | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mountains classification | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | DNF-7 | DNF-7 | DSQ |
| Stages won | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mountains classification | N/A | 11 | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR |
| Vuelta a España | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNE | DNE | N/A | N/A |
| Stages won | — | — | |||||
| Mountains classification | — | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did not enter |
| DNF-x | Did not finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did not start (not started on stage x) |
| HD | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not ranked in this classification |
References
edit- ^ Tom James (15 August 2003). "1933: Speicher continues the French dominance". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ^ Tom James (2004). "French continue domination!". Cycling revealed. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
External links
edit- Georges Speicher at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Official Tour de France results for Georges Speicher
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