Lucien Storme

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Lucien Storme
Paving stone for Lucien Storme in honor of his victory at Paris-Roubaix

Lucien Storme (born June 18, 1916 in Nieuwkerke , † April 10, 1945 in Siegburg ) was a Belgian cyclist .

Lucien Storme was a professional cyclist from 1937 to 1942. The greatest success of his career was his victory in 1938 at Paris – Roubaix . In 1939 he started in the Tour de France , won a half-stage, but later gave up.

Since the income opportunities for professional cyclists were barely enough to survive during the Second World War , Storme began to smuggle tobacco and gasoline across the border into France . In 1942 he was arrested for this reason and from March 1943 he was imprisoned in Siegburg in Germany . American troops reached the city on April 10, 1945 , and in the turmoil of the liberation Storme was mistakenly shot by a GI who mistook him for a German soldier who wanted to draw his weapon.

literature

  • Raymond Six: Het leven en wielercarrière van Flandrien Lucien Storme , 2005, ed. v. Gemeentebestuur Nieuwkerke

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personal data
SURNAME Storme, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Nieuwkerke
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1945
Place of death Siegburg