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. In 1933 Le Grevès became professional, and between 1933 and 1939, he won sixteen stages in the Tour de France.
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Full name | René Le Grevès | ||||||||||||||
Born | Paris, France | 6 July 1910||||||||||||||
Died | 25 February 1946 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France | (aged 35)||||||||||||||
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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
- 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
External links
- René Le Grevès at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for René Le Grèves