César Simar
César Alfred Simar (born May 29, 1879 in Lille , † October 23, 1934 in Meudon ) was a French cyclist .
At the age of 15 years was César Simar pro - cyclist ; its discoverer was the later stayer world champion Constant Huret , for whom he also called pacemakers worked. He was at home on the cycling tracks in many countries, often also drove in Germany, in the winter of 1899/1900 he competed in races in Argentina . He took part in the Olympic Games in 1900 and won the 25-kilometer race for professionals, which, however, is not officially classified as "Olympic".
The greatest success in Simar's career was the title of runner-up world champion for professional stayers at the UCI Track World Championships in 1904 in London , behind the American Robert Walthour . He started in four six-day races and was third in the New York six-day race in 1900 , together with the Swiss Jean Gougoltz . This made the two of them the first Europeans to stand on the podium in a US six-day race. In 1905 Simar was third in the French stay championship. He also won numerous "Grand Prizes", including B. 1905 the "Grand Prix of the Rhine" in Cologne .
In the 1930s, the stand-up race for the Prix César Simar was held in Paris . In 1936, the winner was André Raynaud , who a few weeks later became world champion .
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com
- ↑ César Simar on cycling4fans.de
- ↑ ouestfrance.cd-script.fr ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.4 MB)
literature
Web links
- César Simar in the Radsportseiten.net database
- museociclismo.it
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simar, César |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simar, César Alfred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1934 |
| Place of death | Meudon |