Guy Lapébie (28 November 1916 – 8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.[1][2]
 Lapébie (2nd left) at the 1936 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guy Lapébie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1916 Saint-Geours-de-Maremne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 March 2010 (aged 93) Bagnères-de-Luchon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France winner Roger Lapébie. Guy's son Serge (1948–1991) was also a professional cyclist.[3]
Major results
- 1936
Olympic Champion 4000m team pursuit- Olympic Champion Team road race
second place Olympic individual road race- 1945
- Zürich-Lausanne
- 1946
- GP du Locle
- Tour des 3 Lacs
- 1948
- Six days of Paris (with Arthus Sérès)
- 1948
- Six days of Paris (with Achiel Bruneel)
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 3
- 3rd place overall classification
- 1949
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 8
- 1950
- Six days of Saint-Etienne (with Achiel Bruneel)
- 1951
- Six days of Hannover (with Emile Carrara)
- Six days of Berlin (with Emile Carrara)
- 1952
- Six days of Berlin (with Emile Carrara)
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guy Lapébie.
- Guy Lapébie at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Guy Lapébie