Robert Grassin

Robert Grassin (r.) With his trainer Léon Didier

Robert Grassin (born September 17, 1898 in Le Mans , † June 26, 1980 in Gien ) was a French cyclist and world champion.

Athletic career

Robert “Toto” Grassin was a professional racing driver from 1921 to 1940, after the Second World War he tried a short comeback. In his first year as a professional he won the “Criterium des Aiglons” road race in Paris; In 1922 he took part in the Tour de France , but had to give up early. In 1924 he became French champion of the stayers , the following year world champion . At the track world championships in 1930 he was third in the standing.

Professional

In 1934, Grassin announced that he had opened the “Chez Toto Grassin” café in Paris with an attached bicycle workshop near the “Place des Ternes”, but that he would still be racing. After the Second World War he lived in Cameroon for a few years . There he ran an animal farm and was briefly president of the country's cycling association.

Individual evidence

↑ Illustrated cycling sport , January 12, 1934
^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 8/1953 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 10 .

Web links

Robert Grassin in the Radsportseiten.net database

Robert Grassin, Prodigue et Prodige (PDF; 81 kB)

personal data
SURNAME	Grassin, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 17, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Le Mans , France
DATE OF DEATH	June 26, 1980
Place of death	Gien , France

[1] Illustrated cycling sport , January 12, 1934

[2] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 8/1953 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 10 .