Lucien Bidinger
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| Lucien Bidinger at the Luxembourg Cyclocross Championship in 1940 | |
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| Date of birth | June 8, 1917 |
| date of death | November 14, 1982 |
| nation |
 Luxembourg
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| discipline | Street |
| End of career | 1940 |
| Last updated: December 31, 2018 | |
Lucien Bidinger (born June 8, 1917 in Syren ; † November 14, 1982 in Dudelange ) was a cyclist from Luxembourg .
Athletic career
Bidinger began cycling in 1936 at the Vélo Sport Mamer club. In 1938, Lucien Bidinger won a stage of the Tour of Luxembourg for juniors and was fourth overall. He then worked as a professional cyclist for two seasons. In 1938, in the first year, he started the Tour de France , but retired on the fifth stage after having finished fifth on the previous stage. At Paris – Roubaix in the same year he was 68. In 1940 he was the only driver to contest the Luxembourg road championship over 80 kilometers, but the title was not awarded to him because the specified time was exceeded. After the war, he tried unsuccessfully to make a comeback in two races in 1945.
Professional
Professionally, he worked as a worker at ARBED in Dudelange .
successes
- 1938
- one stage tour of Luxembourg .
- 1940
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Luxembourg Champion - Road Race
Teams
- 1939-1940 Ruche-Hutchinson
- 1945 Helyett
literature
- Henri Bressler / Fernand Thill: The History of Luxembourg Cycling . tape 2 . Edition Schortgen, 2011, ISBN 978-2-87953-115-1 .
Web links
- Lucien Bidinger in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Lucien Bidinger in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Henri Bressler / Fernand Thill, Die Geschichte des Luxemburger Radsport , Volume 2, Esch, 2011, p. 12.
- ^ Henri Bressler / Fernand Thill, Die Geschichte des Luxemburger Radsport , Volume 2, Esch, 2011, p. 13.
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| SURNAME | Bidinger, Lucien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourgish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syren |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1982 |
| Place of death | Dudelange |