Roger Lapébie

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Roger Lapébie in 1937 after winning the Tour de France

Roger Lapébie (born January 16, 1911 in Bayonne , † October 12, 1996 in Pessac ) was a French cyclist . He was the brother of Guy Lapébie .

Career

Lapébie's professional career began in 1932 and ended with the beginning of World War II . An attempt to start cycling again in 1946 was unsuccessful.

In 1932 Lapébie won a total of three stages in tours and a one-day race in Argentan . In 1933 Lapébie won the French championship. He also won the Paris – Angers and Paris – Saint Etienne cycling races. He also won two stage races, with four stage wins.

In 1934 Lapébie won the Critérium National , the Paris – Saint Etienne and Paris – Vichy races. He almost won Paris – Roubaix too, but was disqualified. At Paris – Nice , he finished second and won two stages. At the Tour de France in 1934 he was third, winning five stages and finishing second six times. In 1935 he won again at Paris – Saint Etienne, came second at Paris – Tours and third at Marseille – Lyon. Together with Maurice Archambaud , he won the six-day race in Paris . In 1936 he won a Grand Prix race in Vichy .

Until 1936 Lapébie drove for the La Francaise-Dunlop racing team , in 1937 he moved to Mercier-Hutchinson . After victories at Paris – Nice and at the Critérium National he achieved a great triumph at the Tour de France , in addition to three stage wins, he took over the yellow jersey from Belgian and last year's winner Sylvère Maes after receiving a time penalty after 17 stages . Then all Belgians withdrew from the race, Lapébie was able to bring the yellow jersey to the finish in Paris; At the end of the day he was seven minutes ahead of second Mario Vicini and 26 minutes ahead of third Leo Amberg .

In 1938 his racing team was called Mercier-Hutchinson-Lapébie . He won the Paris-Sedan race and was fourth in the French championship as well as in Paris-Tours. In 1939 he won a stage at Paris – Nice. He reached second place at Paris – Rennes and third place at Paris – Roubaix .

Palmarès

Classifications in the Tour de France

literature

  • Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Hervé Dauchy: Mondial Encyclopedie Cyclisme. Volume 2: G-P. Published by the UCI . de Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-73-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pascal Sergent: Paris – Roubaix. Le Dico . Alan Sutton Publishing, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Cedex 2009, ISBN 978-2-84910-964-9 , pp. 40 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Lapébie, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayonne
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1996
Place of death Pessac