CYCLIST

Georges Speicher

1907 - 1978

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Speicher has received more than 32,974 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Speicher is the 88th most popular cyclist (up from 107th in 2019), the 3,723rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,788th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Georges Speicher ranks 88 out of 1,613Before him are Fiorenzo Magni, Jean Robic, Vittorio Adorni, Attilio Pavesi, Jan de Vries, and Arie den Hartog. After him are Albert Taillandier, Costante Girardengo, Jacques Dupont, Francisco Cepeda, Paul Chocque, and Jan Raas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Georges Speicher ranks 200Before him are Peggy Ashcroft, Martti Miettunen, Kenneth Nichols, George Raynor, František Junek, and James A. Michener. After him are John G. Trump, Edmond Delfour, Luigi Beccali, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Germán Suárez Flamerich, and Paula Wessely. Among people deceased in 1978, Georges Speicher ranks 137Before him are Charles Best, Claude Dauphin, Gene Tunney, Jean Nicolas, Alexander Gerschenkron, and Lon L. Fuller. After him are Roman Karmen, Mario Varglien, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Costante Girardengo, Lennie Tristano, and Mark Robson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Speicher ranks 3,723 out of 6,770Before him are Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747), Henry Bataille (1872), Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847), Alexandre Falguière (1831), and Gabriel Chevallier (1895). After him are Corinne Marchand (1931), Christophe Pierre (1946), Paul Bert (1833), Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais (1000), Édouard Deldevez (1817), and Fréhel (1891).

Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Georges Speicher ranks 19Before him are Antonin Magne (1904), Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Bernard Thévenet (1948), Lucien Aimar (1941), and Jean Robic (1921). After him are Albert Taillandier (1879), Jacques Dupont (1928), Paul Chocque (1910), Jean Stablinski (1932), René Pottier (1879), and Robert Marchand (1911).