René Le Grevès (6 July 1910 – 25 February 1946) was a French professional road bicycle racer. As an amateur cyclist, he won the silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit.[1] In 1933 Le Grevès became professional, and between 1933 and 1939, he won sixteen stages in the Tour de France.
 Le Grevès in around 1938 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | René Le Grevès | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1910 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 February 1946 (aged 35) Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| 16 Tour de France stages Critérium International (1935, 1937) Paris–Tours (1935) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1932
- Silver medal 1932 olympic games, team pursuit
- 1933
- Paris-Caen
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 22
- 1934
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 2, 5, 10 and 22A
- 1935
- Circuit de Paris
- Circuit du Morbihan
- Critérium International
- Paris–Tours
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 14A, 18A, 19A and 20A
- 1936
France national road race championship- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 5, 12, 13A, 14A, 17 and 20A
- 1937
- Critérium International
- 1938
- Paris-Caen
- 1939
- Paris-Sedan
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 18A
References
edit- ^ "René Le Grèves Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
External links
edit- René Le Grevès at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for René Le Grèves
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