Hippolyte Aucouturier
Hippolyte Aucouturier (born October 17, 1876 in La Celle , † April 22, 1944 in Paris ) was a French cyclist .
Aucouturier began his career in 1900. He took part in the Tour de France five times and was able to win five stages. At Bordeaux – Paris and Paris – Roubaix , "Le Terrible" (the terrible) was twice successful.
In the 1904 Tour de France , Aucouturier was able to win four stages. After the tour was over, the French Velocipede Union (UVF) formed an investigative commission, which heard dozens of drivers and witnesses by December 1904 and finally decided to expel several drivers for illegal agreements. Aucouturier was among the excluded, his stage victories were revoked again. After he was unable to achieve any further victories between 1906 and 1908, he ended his career after finishing 16th in Paris-Brussels .
Victories in one-day races
- 1901: Brussels - Roubaix
- 1903: Paris – Roubaix
- 1903: Bordeaux – Paris
- 1904: Paris-Roubaix
- 1905: Bordeaux-Paris
Results at the Tour de France
- Tour de France 1903 : winner of two stages
- Tour de France 1904 : Winner of four stages, which, however, were withdrawn from him after illegal agreements
- Tour de France 1905 : Second overall and winner of three stages
Web links
- Hippolyte Aucouturier in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Hippolyte Aucouturier in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 30 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aucouturier, Hippolyte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1944 |
| Place of death | Paris |