Charles Lacquehay

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Charles Lacquehay (1931)

Charles Lacquehay (born November 4, 1897 in Paris , † October 3, 1975 ibid) was a French cyclist .

In 1919 Charles Lacquehay began his professional career as a cyclist and initially competed mainly in road races . In both 1923 and 1925 he finished fifth at Paris – Roubaix . In 1928 he won the Critérium des As , an invitation race for the best professionals of the season.

At the end of the 1920s, Lacquehay focused on the track : standing and six-day races . In 1933 and 1935 he became world champion of the stayers, in 1933 also French stayers master. He also started in 21 six-day races and won five, all together with Georges Wambst : 1926 in Paris and Berlin , 1927 in Breslau and 1928 in Paris and Nice . In 1928, he and Georges Wambst won the Prix ​​Dupré-Lapize railway competition in Paris.

Because Charles Lacquehay was tall and lanky, he was nicknamed "longue carabine" ("long carabiner").

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SURNAME Lacquehay, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1975
Place of death Paris