Émile Georget

Émile Georget (born November 21, 1881 in Bossay-sur-Claise , † April 16, 1960 in Châtellerault ) was a French cyclist .

Athletic career

Émile Georget was one of the most successful French racing cyclists before the First World War . In 1910 he was French road racing champion, in 1910 and 1912 he won Bordeaux-Paris and 1911 Paris-Brest-Paris .

Georget started nine times in the Tour de France , five times he was placed in the top ten in the overall standings: in 1905 he was fourth, 1906 fifth, 1907 and 1911 third and 1914 sixth. He was the first rider to win the legendary climb to the Col du Galibier in 1911 .

In the 1906 Tour, Émile Georget was able to place himself in front of his older brother Léon Georget , who was eighth, and with whom he won the Six Days of Toulouse in 1906 . In the same year the two brothers won a 24-hour race in Brussels together , and in 1907 the Georgets finished third in the six-day race in New York .

Honors

In his home town of Châtellerault, a street was named after Émile Georget. The “La Ronde Châtelleraudaise Émile-Georget-Cyclosportive” race will also be held there.

Individual evidence

↑ This six-day race is not recognized as such in official history, as it took place on an open track. The Berlin six-day race of 1909 is therefore officially the first in Europe.

Web links

Émile Georget in the Radsportseiten.net database

Émile Georget in the Tour de France database(French / English )

personal data
SURNAME	Georget, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 21, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bossay-sur-Claise
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1960
Place of death	Châtellerault

[1] This six-day race is not recognized as such in official history, as it took place on an open track. The Berlin six-day race of 1909 is therefore officially the first in Europe.