Octave Dayen

Octave Dayen (born June 6, 1906 in Parsac , † September 14, 1987 ibid) was a French cyclist and world champion.

In 1926 Octave Dayen was world champion in the street race of amateurs in Turin . In 1928 he started at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in three disciplines: In the individual road race, he was 23rd, in the team classification seventh. In the single pursuit on the track , he was fourth, as well as in the team pursuit .

In 1929 Dayen became a professional and mainly competed in six-day races and other competitions in two-man team driving . He started in 20 six-day races, two of which he won, in Paris in 1929 and in Marseille in 1930 , both with André Raynaud .

Remarks

↑ The times of the three best French drivers were added up for the team classification.

Octave Dayen in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Octave Dayen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Dayen, Octave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist and world champion
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Parsac
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1987
Place of death	Parsac