Georges Speicher

Georges Speicher (pronounced [ʒɔʁʒ spɛ.ʃe]; 8 June 1907 – 24 January 1978) was a French cyclist who won the 1933 Tour de France along with three stage wins, and the 1933 World Cycling Championship.

Georges Speicher
Personal information
Full nameGeorges Speicher
Born(1907-06-08)8 June 1907
Paris, France
Died24 January 1978(1978-01-24) (aged 70)
Maisons-Laffitte, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1933)
9 stages

One-day races and Classics

Road Race World Championships (1933)

After Speicher had won the 1933 Tour de France, he was initially not selected for the 1933 UCI Road World Championships. Only after a French cyclist that had been selected dropped out, Speicher was brought in as a replacement at the last notice, and won the race.[1] Speicher was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and the World Championship in the same year.[2]

Career achievements

Major results

1931
Paris-Arras
1932
10th Tour de France:
1933
World road race championship
Tour de France:
Winner overall classification
Winner stages 8, 9 and 12
1934
Tour de France:
Winner stages 1, 5, 6, 13 and 20
1935
 France national road race championship
Paris-Rennes
Paris-Angers
Tour de France:
6th place overall classification
Winner stage 13B
1936
Alger
Paris–Roubaix (victory contested by Romain Maes)
1937
 France national road race championship
1939
 France national road race championship

Grand Tour results timeline

1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
Giro d'Italia DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE
Stages won
Mountains classification N/A
Tour de France 10 1 11 6 DNF-7 DNF-7 DSQ
Stages won 0 3 5 1 0 0 0
Mountains classification N/A 11 NR 24 NR NR NR
Vuelta a España N/A N/A N/A DNE DNE N/A N/A
Stages won
Mountains classification
Legend
1Winner
2–3Top three-finish
4–10Top ten-finish
11–Other finish
DNEDid Not Enter
DNF-xDid Not Finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-xDid Not Start (no started on stage x)
HDFinished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQDisqualified
N/ARace/classification not held
NRNot Ranked in this classification

References

  1. Tom James (15 August 2003). "1933: Speicher continues the French dominance". Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  2. Tom James (2004). "French continue domination!". Cycling revealed. Retrieved 17 October 2009.


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