Louis Aimar

Louis Aimar (born January 5, 1911 in Saluzzo , † September 14, 2005 in Aubagne ) was a French cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Athletic career

Aimar came from Piedmont , but moved to Marseille at a young age . There he began cycling in the US Marseille club . On April 6, 1933, he received French citizenship . In 1930 he achieved his first victory at Marseille-Toulon-Marseille , which he repeated a year later. In 1935 he won the French military championship of the stayers . He won a few races in the south of France and decided to take part in the Grand Prix des Nations in 1938 . He won the race on his first start ahead of Gerrit Schulte. In 1941 he was able to win the race again. Aimar was a professional driver from 1931 to 1945. In 1938 he was second in the Tour of Morocco with a stage win. He won the national championship on the track in the single pursuit twice, in 1941 and 1942. From 1938 to 1944 he won 71 track races, where he was particularly successful in the single pursuit. Aimar did not compete in the Tour de France during his career.

Web links

Louis Aimar in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

^ Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved November 23, 2019 (French).
^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 10 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Aimar, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist, national champion in cycling
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saluzzo
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 2005
Place of death	Aubagne

[1] Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved November 23, 2019 (French).

[2] Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 10 (French).