Lucien Faucheux

Lucien Faucheux (born August 16, 1899 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre , † July 24, 1980 in Bordeaux ) was a French track cyclist who started exclusively in the sprint .

Athletic career

Lucien Faucheux had his first great success in 1923 when he won the “Grand Prix Cyclo-Sport de Vitesse”. In the following ten years he was one of the best track sprinters in France; nationally as well as internationally, his compatriot Lucien Michard was his greatest competitor. In 1924 Faucheux was runner-up in the amateurs sprint, behind Michard.

In 1926 Faucheux joined the professional. At the Rail World Championships in Cologne in 1927, he took third place in the sprint (behind Michard and Ernst Kaufmann ); In 1928 he became vice world champion (again behind Michard). Faucheux won several sprint grand prizes, including the prestigious classic Grand Prix de Paris in 1926, 1928 and 1929 . In 1931 he managed to become French sprint champion once when he defeated Louis Gerardin in the final . In 1937 Lucien Faucheux resigned from cycling.

Professional

After his active career, Faucheux was director of the Bordeaux Velodrome for many years (until 1964).

Individual evidence

↑ Harry Van den Bremt, Joel Godaert, Paul De Keyser: Gotha Velo . Ed .: Velo. Mechelen 2005, ISBN 90-804763-3-1 , p. 194 .

Web links

Lucien Faucheux in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Faucheux, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Le Kremlin-Bicetre
DATE OF DEATH	July 24, 1980
Place of death	Bordeaux

[1] Harry Van den Bremt, Joel Godaert, Paul De Keyser: Gotha Velo . Ed .: Velo. Mechelen 2005, ISBN 90-804763-3-1 , p. 194 .