Charles Terront

Terront in 1922

Charles Terront (born April 25, 1857 in Saint-Ouen , † October 31, 1932 in Sainte-Marguerite-les-Marseille ) was a French cyclist .

Charles Terront was the first "star" in French cycling. In 1876 he started cycling with his brother Jules. As a result, he won 54 important races in 15 active years. He started in various disciplines on the road and rail , his specialty being long-distance journeys.

In 1879 Terront completed 546 kilometers in a 24-hour race. In 1891 he won the first Paris-Brest-Paris event on a Humber bike, which was equipped with a new invention, Michelin pneumatic tires, which were quick to repair for the time. On his way he found an unusually high number of new forge nails; He himself had sent a spy ahead to tell him when the far leading driver Joseph Jiel-Laval was taking a break. When Jiel-Laval retired to a café to sleep, the director of the company Clément & Cie , for which he drove, kept watch in front of it. After four hours he realized that Terront had bypassed the café and was now in the lead.

Terront took 71 hours and 22 minutes and was expected by tens of thousands of spectators in Paris, some of whom had waited through the night. He became the most famous man in France in one fell swoop. Eighteen banquets were held for him and he was given a free box at the Paris Opera . His memoirs became a bestseller, and as Serront he was given a literary memorial in Paul d'Ivoi's book Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède . From then on he received entry fees of 2500 francs and more in track races .

On September 27, 1893 Terront left Saint Petersburg by bike for Paris , where he arrived after 14 days and seven hours on the Buffalo Velodrome. For this trip he received 10,000 francs from the Clincher tire company and another 2000 from the Rudge company . In 1894 he cycled from Rome to Paris.

1886 Charles Terront French champion in sprint , twice, in 1888 and 1889, national stayer -Master, and six times he won in the UK Six Days , which were held at that time for individual drivers, six days around the clock. In 1888 he was also the British 100 miles champion .

literature

Herbert O. Duncan , Pierre Lafitte: En suivant Terront de St-Petersbourg à Paris à bicyclette. Pochy, 1Paris 894.
Charles Terront: Les mémoires de Terront. Sa vie, ses performances, son mode d'entraînement (= Les Introuvables ). Prosport, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-803462-02-X .

Web links

Commons : Charles Terront - collection of images, videos and audio files

Charles Terront in the Radsportseiten.net database

lepetitbraquet.fr: Chapeau Monsieur Charles Terront (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Benjo Maso: The Sweat of the Gods. The history of cycling . Covadonga Verlag , Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-936973-60-0 , p. 19 .
↑ Benjo Maso: The Sweat of the Gods. The history of cycling . Covadonga Verlag , Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-936973-60-0 , p. 20 .
↑ Les 6 jours individuels. In: Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved December 7, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Terront, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Ouen
DATE OF DEATH	October 31, 1932
Place of death	Sainte-Marguerite-les-Marseille

[1] Benjo Maso: The Sweat of the Gods. The history of cycling . Covadonga Verlag , Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-936973-60-0 , p. 19 .

[2] Benjo Maso: The Sweat of the Gods. The history of cycling . Covadonga Verlag , Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-936973-60-0 , p. 20 .

[3] Les 6 jours individuels. In: Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved December 7, 2015 .