Guy Lapébie

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Guy Lapébie (born November 28, 1916 in Saint-Geours-de-Maremne , Département Landes ; † March 8, 2010 in Bagnères-de-Luchon ) was a French cyclist who was successful in both track cycling and road cycling . His greatest successes were two Olympic victories in 1936 and third place in the Tour de France in 1948 . He was the younger brother of Roger Lapébie (winner of the Tour de France 1937 ) and the father of Serge Lapébie , both also racing cyclists.

Athletic career

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , Lapébie was one of the most successful participants ever. He won the gold medal in the 4,000-meter team pursuit on the track (together with Roger Le Nizerhy , Robert Charpentier and Jean Goujon ). In the road race he had to admit defeat Charpentier in the sprint to the finish and won the silver medal, but in the team driving (addition of the individual results of the road race) he became Olympic champion for the second time (with Charpentier and Robert Dorgebray ).

Lapébie then switched to the professionals. In 1939 he was ninth in the Paris – Nice stage race . The next few years of his career were overshadowed by the Second World War , but in 1942 he and Adolphe Prat won the Prix ​​Dupré-Lapize rail competition in Paris . In 1945 he won the long-distance journey from Zurich to Lausanne. The following year he won two stages of the Tour des Trois-Lacs and one stage of the Tour de Suisse , and came eighth in the road world championships.

Lapébie took part in the Tour de France twice. He almost succeeded in repeating the success of his brother, who had finished the tour in 1937 as the overall winner. In 1948 he won the third stage and was third in the overall ranking , but lost almost half an hour to the winner Gino Bartali . In 1949 he won the ninth stage, but later had to give up.

In 1949 Lapébie won a stage in the Tour de Luxembourg (where he was second overall) and the Paris six-day race . The next year he won four stages in the Tour of Morocco and one stage and the overall classification of the Grand Prix des Vins de Gironde , as well as the six-day race of Saint-Étienne . In addition, he took top places in the Critérium National and the classics Paris – Brussels and Paris – Tours . In 1951 and 1952 Lapébie won five six-day races (twice in Berlin , Hanover, Munich and Dortmund ) before ending his career.

successes

  • Olympic Games 1936: gold medal team pursuit, gold medal team driving, silver medal road race
  • 3rd overall Tour de France 1948 (1 stage win)
  • 1 stage victory in the Tour de France 1949
  • Six days Paris 1949
  • Six days Saint-Étienne 1950
  • Six days Hanover 1951
  • Six days Dortmund 1952
  • Six-day race Berlin 1952

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personal data
SURNAME Lapébie, Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Geours-de-Maremne , Landes department
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 2010
Place of death Bagneres-de-Luchon