Émile Masson junior

Paving stone for Emile Masson on the Allée Charles Crupelandt in Roubaix for his victory at Paris – Roubaix in 1939

Émile Masson Jr. (Born September 1, 1915 in Bierset ; † January 2, 2011 in Liège ) was a Belgian cyclist .

Émile Masson Jr. was a professional racing driver from 1935 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1951. Before the outbreak of World War II , he achieved spectacular successes, such as winning the Wallonischer Pfeil in 1938 and Paris – Roubaix in 1939 .

During the war Masson spent four years as a prisoner of war in Germany. In 1944 he supported the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto , for which he was later awarded.

1946 Émile Masson was the first Belgian road race champion before Briek Schotte ; a few weeks later he won Bordeaux – Paris like his father, Émile Masson senior , 23 years earlier. Father and son both drove the lap of honor at the Prinzenparkstadion in Paris . Masson drove this race seven times, just as often he was accompanied by his father, who acted as a supervisor for him in this race. In 1947, Masson Jr. Belgian champion a second time.

After finishing his cycling career, Masson became a sports journalist for " Les Sports " and " La Wallonie ". For many years he was president of the “Pesant Club Liégoise” and involved in the organization of Liège – Bastogne – Liège . As the "oldest surviving winner of Paris-Roubaix", he died in early 2011 at the age of 95.

literature

• Herman Laitem, Jozef Hamels: De Tricolore Trui. 1882-2007. 125 Jaar Belgian Campaign Schappen. Pinguin Productions et al., Balegem et al. 2008, ISBN 978-90-73322-21-9 , p. 112f.

Web links

• Émile Masson junior in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Émile Masson junior in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sport im Bild (Ed.): X. International Peace Tour Prague-Berlin-Warsaw 1957 . Berlin 1957, p. 19 .