Georges Speicher

Georges Speicher
Personal information
Full name	Georges Speicher
Nickname	Le roi de Montlhéry (The King of Montlhéry)
Born	8 June 1907; Paris, France
Died	24 January 1978 (aged 70); Maisons-Laffitte, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1933) 9 individual stages (1933-1935) One-day races and Classics Road Race World Championships (1933) National Road Race Championships (1935, 1937, 1939) Paris–Roubaix (1936) Paris–Arras (1931) Tour du Vaucluse (1933) Paris–Angers (1935) Paris–Rennes (1935) Challenge Sedis (1937)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing France
World Championships

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.

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]

^ Tom James (15 August 2003). "1933: Speicher continues the French dominance". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ Tom James (2004). "French continue domination!". Cycling revealed. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

[veloarchive-1] Tom James (15 August 2003). "1933: Speicher continues the French dominance". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[revealed-2] Tom James (2004). "French continue domination!". Cycling revealed. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

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