Alfred Beyl

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Alfred Beyl Road cycling
Alfred Beyl (1919)
Alfred Beyl (1919)
To person
Nickname Le Dragon
Date of birth April 1, 1886
date of death July 8, 1977
nation FranceFrance France
discipline Track cycling, road cycling
Most important successes
French championships in track cycling
1910 - One Pursuit, SprintFranceFrance
Six days race
1925 - 1st place in Paris, with Piet van Kempen
Last updated: January 19, 2020

Alfred Beyl (born April 1, 1886 in Pesmes , † July 8, 1977 in Nevers ) was a French cyclist who was active on track and road .

Life

In 1910 Alfred Beyl was two-time French amateur champion, in time trial and sprint ; at the Grand Prix de Paris he was third. In the previous year he had finished 20th at Paris – Tours , in 1912 he was 41st at Paris – Roubaix . He then seems to have been inactive for several years, presumably also due to the First World War .

In the early 1920s, Beyl returned to the cycling track and competed as a professional in six-day races : in 1922 he finished third in the Sixjours in Paris with Louis Billard , and in 1925 he won with Piet van Kempen . In 1928 he competed in the six days of Saint-Étienne and finished third with Jean Cugnot .

Alfred Beyl was the father of Jean Beyl († 2008), the founder of the company LOOK , which today produces bicycle components. The son invented the first form of ski binding in 1948 and acquired further patents.

Web links

Commons : Alfred Beyl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ without title. gallica.bnf.fr, accessed March 14, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Alfred Beyl. les-sports.info, accessed March 14, 2015 .
  3. ^ Décès de Jean Beyl, fondateur de Look. La Tribune, September 26, 2008, accessed March 14, 2015 (French).
  4. ↑ Equilibre et stabilité. (No longer available online.) Nevers.fr, archived from the original on March 8, 2016 ; accessed on March 14, 2015 (French).
  5. ↑ Rossignol FKS - The Story of a Bond ( Memento from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Patents by Inventor Jean Beyl. Justia Patents, accessed March 14, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Beyl, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Pesmes
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1977
Place of death Nevers