Apo Lazarides

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Apo Lazaridès 1949

Jean Apotre Lazaridès , in short Apo Lazaridès (born October 16, 1925 in Marles-les-Mines , † October 30, 1998 in Cannes ) was a French cyclist .

Apo Lazaridès' ancestors came from Greece. As a child he discovered his passion for cycling and mainly rode in mountainous terrain. During the German occupation of France in the course of the Second World War , Lazaridès was a member of the Resistance as a teenager and was used as a bicycle messenger.

After the war, he started taking part in cycling races. At the "Ronde de France", a post-war replacement for the Tour de France , he was fifth in 1946. In the same year he won the most important race of the year in France, the "La Course du Tour de France", also a replacement for the Tour, which was only held regularly the following year. Sometimes the race is viewed like a regular tour, which would make Lazaridès the tour winner. He finished the 1947 tour in tenth, the following year he was ninth and second behind Briek Schotte in the road cycling world championship . By 1955 he took part in seven tours of France. In 1947 and 1948 he finished second in the mountain classification.

In 1955 he moved to Cannes, where he became president of the “Étoile Sportive de Cannes”. After his death he was buried in Cannes on the Cimetière du Grand Jas .

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SURNAME Lazarides, Apo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lazarides, Jean Apotre; Lazaridès, Apo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Marles-les-Mines
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1998
Place of death Cannes