Georges Senfftleben

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Georges Senfftleben

Georges Senfftleben (born December 19, 1922 in Clamart , † August 24, 1998 in Èze ) was a French track cyclist .

Georges Senfftleben was active as a professional track cyclist from 1942 to 1958, was internationally successful in various disciplines, but could never become world champion.

In 1940 Senfftleben won his first big sprint race, the "Grand Prix Cyclo-Sport de Vitesse". In the following years he was French champion five times in this discipline (1944, 1947, 1948, 1951 and 1952), won the 1944 sprint classic Grand Prix de Paris and took podium places at UCI track world championships , French championships and grand prizes.

From 1952, Georges Senfftleben also started in 50 six-day races and other two-man team competitions . In 1952 he was able to win his first six-day races in Hanover and St. Etienne together with Émile Carrara ; five more victories followed, two with Roger Godeau and three with Dominique Forlini . In 1952 he won the Prix ​​Dupré-Lapize track competition in Paris with Émile Carrara and in 1955 with Forlini .

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