Alfred Letourneur
Alfred Letourneur (born July 25, 1907 in Amiens , † January 31, 1975 in New York ) was a French cyclist .
Alfred Letourneur was a professional racing driver from 1928 to 1942. As early as 1927, he and Georges Rouyer won the Prix Dupré-Lapize track competition in Paris . In the early 1930s he moved to the USA and started there and in Canada in 73 six-day races . He has won 21 times, including four times with Marcel Guimbretiere and nine times with Gerard Debaets . In addition, he was four times American master of the stayers .
Twice put Letourneur speed records on the wheel on: October 22, 1938, he reached behind a pacemaker -Motorrad on the cycling track of Montlhéry 147.058 km / h, and on 17 May 1941, he was riding a Schwinn wheel on the highway at Bakersfield 175 km / h behind a car as a pacemaker.
literature
- René Jacobs, Hector Mahau, Harry van Den Bremt, René Pirotte: Velo Gotha. Presses de Belgique, Brussels 1984, p. 282 f.
- Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night. 100 years of zesdaagsen. Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X , p. 282 f.
Web links
- Alfred Letourneur in the Radsportseiten.net database
1903 George Leander | 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1918 George Wiley | 1926 Victor Hopkins | 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 Franco Giorgetti | 1931 Charlie Hunter | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 Alfred Letourneur | 1936 Gerard Debaets | 1938, 1939 Tino Reboli | 1940 Gustav Kilian
The results are not complete.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Letourneur, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amiens |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1975 |
| Place of death | new York |