Émile Bouhours

Émile Bouhours (born July 3, 1870 in Monnai , Orne , † October 7, 1953 in La Courneuve ) was a French cyclist . Émile Bouhours, born in a small village in Normandy, was a trained carpenter with his own, prosperous workshop before turning to cycling in 1889. However, he had already contested his first bike race at the age of 14 and won five francs .

In 1894 Bouhours became a professional , starting out as a pilot (now called a sprinter ) on the track. He then tried his hand at road driving and won the Paris – Roubaix race in 1900 . Later he became a permanent driver behind engine management ( stayer ) and won the French championship four times (1897, 1898, 1900 and 1902). He also set numerous world records . Twice (1898 and 1901) he won the Golden Wheel of Berlin , one of the most famous standing races of the time. Once he won the Golden Wheel of Paris .

In 1910 Bouhours ended his sporting career to work again as a carpenter.

literature

Hans Borowik : 300 racing drivers in one volume. Short biographies. Deutscher Schriftenverlag, Berlin 1937.
Wheel world. Sports album. A cycling yearbook. 3rd year, 1904, ZDB -ID 749618-7 .

Web links

Commons : Émile Bouhours - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Émile Bouhours in the Radsportseiten.net database

Memoire du cyclisme

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs français depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 100 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Bouhours, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monnai , Orne
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1953
Place of death	La Courneuve

[:0-1] Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs français depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 100 (French).