Antoine Wattelier

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Antoine Wattelier Road cycling
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Full name Antoine Eugène Wattelier
Date of birth May 15, 1880
date of death December 31, 1914
nation FranceFrance France
discipline Road / train
Last updated: August 23, 2017
War memorial in Chaumontel, home of his family, with the name of Antoine Wattelier (seventh from the top)

Antoine Eugène Wattelier , also Antony Wattelier , (born May 15, 1880 in Paris , † December 31, 1914 in Fricourt ) was a French cyclist.

Antony Wattelier was the six years younger brother of the racing driver Édouard Wattelier . Like his brother, he competed in classic races in the early years of road cycling. The really big victory was denied to him.

Wattelier competed seven times in the Tour de France , his best placing was tenth in 1906 . In 1910 he finished fourth in Paris – Tours , in 1905 he finished 13th in Paris – Roubaix and 18th in Paris – Roubaix . In 1906, he and Georges Landrieu also finished third in the six-day race in Toulouse , the first of its kind on the European continent.

Antoine Wattelier died as a soldier in the First World War on New Year's Eve 1914 .

Placements in the Tour de France

Grand Tour 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Vuelta a España
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia
Yellow jersey Tour de France 15th 10 - 31 28 DNF DNF - DNF
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

  • 1905 Peugeot-Wolber
  • 1906 Alcyn-Dunlop
  • 1907 Montabro
  • 1908 Nile Supra
  • 1909 Femina Cycles
  • 1910-1911 Lenain

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This six-day race took place on an open-air track, which is why it is not accepted as such in “official” cycling history. The Berlin six-day race in the exhibition halls at the zoo in the same year is considered the first six-day race in Europe.
  2. ↑ Guerre 14-18. In: lepetitbraquet.fr. Retrieved August 23, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wattelier, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wattelier, Antoine Eugène; Wattelier, Antony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1914
Place of death Fricourt