Lucien Victor

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Lucien Honoré Victor (born June 28, 1931 in Oekene , Belgium , † September 17, 1995 in Saint-Menges , Arrondissement Sedan , France ) was a Belgian cyclist who won an Olympic gold medal in 1952.

Lucien Victor won the junior race of the Tour of Flanders and the amateur race around Limburg in 1952 . For the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki , André Noyelle and Lucien Victor, two drivers born in 1931 and Robert Grondelaers and Rik van Looy, two drivers born in 1933 were nominated. While van Looy gave up, the other three belonged to the top group, ultimately Noyelle won ahead of Grondelaers and the German Edi Ziegler , four and a half seconds behind Ziegler Lucien Victor crossed the finish line in fourth. The team ranking was determined based on the added times of the three best drivers in a country, here the Belgians won with a thirteen-minute lead over the Italians.

On August 24, 1953, Victor began a professional career with the Constantia racing team. In 1954 he won the Belgian one-day race Omloop van het Houtland , and in 1955 a stage in the Tour du Maroc . After three professional years with a few other top placings, Lucien Victor ended his cycling career in 1956.

literature

  • Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Hervé Dauchy: Mondial Encyclopedie Cyclisme. Volume 3 PZ published in 2000 by the UCI ISBN 90-74128-74-2

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personal data
SURNAME Victor, Lucien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Victor, Lucien Honoré (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Oekene
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1995
Place of death Saint-Menges , Sedan Arrondissement