Paul Broccardo

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Paul Broccardo (r.) With Piet van Kempen during the six-day race in Brussels in 1936

Paul Broccardo (born April 15, 1902 in Murazzano , † November 6, 1987 in Apt ) was a French cyclist .

Paul Broccardo was born in Italy and took French citizenship in 1929. He was a professional from 1920 to 1935. He started out as a road racing driver , but from 1928 he became one of the most successful six-day drivers of the time. He started at a total of 47, of which he won ten. In 1932 he won the Prix ​​Dupré-Lapize rail competition in Paris together with Georges Wambst and in 1934 with Octave Dayen .

Broccardo was particularly successful together with his compatriot Marcel Guimbretiere . Both drivers lived in port cities, Broccardo in Nice and Guimbretière in Les Sables-d'Olonne . In reference to this, their identification symbols were blue and white striped jerseys and the song "Les gars de la marine" (English version: "That is the love of the sailors"), which was popular at the time. Their last joint victory was in Paris in 1935. Broccardo won the Berlin six-day race three times , once with Guimbretière and twice with Oskar Tietz .

literature

  • Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de Nacht . 100 years of zesdaagsen. Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X , p. 194.

Web links

Commons : Paul Broccardo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopédie illustrée des coureurs Française depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 116 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Broccardo, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Murazzano
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1987
Place of death Apt (Vaucluse)