Ernest Pasquier

Ernest Pasquier ( April 30, 1889 ; † 20th century ) was a French pacemaker .

Life

Ernest Pasquier grew up as the son of a carpenter who loved cycling and built bicycles himself. He became a mechanic for two-wheelers and later for automobiles. In 1908 he first acted as a pacemaker for his older brother Arthur , who at that time was still racing himself, but later also became a pacemaker. During the First World War he worked as a lathe operator at Hispano-Suiza .

In 1920 Pasquier began again to compete in standing races as a pacemaker. He led prominent French track cyclists such as Jules Miquel and Paul Guignard . In 1922 he became the pacemaker of Gustave Ganay , whom he led to third place in the World Staying Championship . When Ganay went to the United States, Pasquier took over the Swiss racing driver Paul Suter and led him to the world championship title in 1923 . In 1926 he became the pacemaker again for Ganay, who had returned from the United States disappointed ; on August 23 of the same year Ganay had a fatal accident on the velodrome in the Prinzenparkstadion in Paris. Pasquier then withdrew from cycling for several months.

The following year, Pasquier took over the leadership of the German stand-up Walter Sawall , with whom he became world champion in 1928 despite initial language difficulties .

In 1937, Ernest Pasquier was again involved in a serious accident on a cycling track: On March 29, the French world champion André Raynaud fell in a standing race at the Antwerp Sportpaleis due to a defect. He was run over by Pasquier, who was leading his compatriot Georges Ronsse . Raynaud died of internal bleeding.

literature

• Sport album of the Rad-Welt 1928 , Berlin, 27th year, 1929, p. 69f.