Octave Lapize
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Octave Lapize (pronounced [ɔktav lapiz]; 24 October 1887 – 14 July 1917) was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.[1]
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Full name | Octave Lapize | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tatave Le Frisé (The Curly Haired-One) | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1887-10-24)24 October 1887 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
Died | 14 July 1917(1917-07-14) (aged 29) Toul, France | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres,[2] he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.