Eugène Tamburlini
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| Nickname | Tambour (drum) |
| Date of birth | December 20, 1930 |
| date of death | October 25, 1959 |
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 France
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| discipline | Street |
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Vélo Club Lozérien Club Cycliste de Vitry Union Vélo Club de l'Aube |
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| Last updated: July 26, 2017 | |
Eugène Tamburlini (born December 20, 1930 in Arifates, Les Laubies , † October 25, 1959 in Troyes ) was a French cyclist.
Life
Eugène Tamburlini was the son of the Italian Paolo Tamburlini, who came from Friuli , and the French Marie Boulet from Saint-Amans ( Lozère ). In 1948 he made his debut as a cyclist and achieved some regional successes. He went to Paris in 1950 and did his military service the following year.
In 1953 and 1954 Tamburlini had a contract with the Peugeot team , for which the popular Belgian Stan Ockers also drove at this time . In 1954 he won the Tour de Champagne and the Daily Express Tour of Britain . The following year he was successful at the Circuit des Ardennes . Its nickname was Tambour (drum) , as the Luxembourg driver Charly Gaul is said to have named it.
In 1959, Eugène Tamburlini confessed in an interview that he had taken a doping agent before the Grand Prix des Nations the year before . Afterwards he was almost blind for a short time; since then he has never felt the same as before. He committed suicide on October 25 of the same year at the age of 28. He is buried next to his parents in the Les Laubies cemetery.
Commemoration
In Tamburlini's birthplace Les Laubies, the Cyclo-Club Mendois has been organizing the La Randonnée Cycliste Eugène-Tamburlini (La Tamburlini) tour since 2006 . The ninth edition took place in 2017; In 2008 family members from Tamburlini also took part. The community had a memorial stone for Tamburlini erected at the entrance to the cemetery .
Sporting successes
1954
- Tour de Champagne
- Overall standings and one stage Daily Express Tour of Britain
1955
- Circuit des Ardennes
- Tour de la Manche
1958
- a stage Circuit des Ardennes
Teams
Web links
- Eugène Tamburlini in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Tour of Britain 1954 on YouTube , from July 21, 2015 (without sound)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Les Laubies: site officiel de la commune ~ Eugéne Tamburlini Mémoire. (No longer available online.) In: archive.is. January 10, 2015, archived from the original on January 10, 2015 ; accessed on July 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nicknames - T. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved July 27, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Le défi d'un coureur. In: lexpress.fr. May 15, 2003, accessed July 27, 2017 (French).
- ↑ La troisième Tamburlini a accueilli 200 personnes dont 130 cyclistes. In: midilibre.fr. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tamburlini, Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arifates, Les Laubies |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1959 |
| Place of death | Troyes |