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Lucien Petit-Breton

1882 - 1917

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Lucien Georges Mazan (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917), known by the pseudonym Lucien Petit-Breton (French pronunciation: [lysjɛ̃ p(ə)ti bʁətɔ̃]), was a French racing cyclist best known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he took the nationality. His cycling career started when he won a bike in a lottery at the age of sixteen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Petit-Breton is the 12th most popular cyclist (down from 9th in 2019), the 1,636th most popular biography from France (down from 1,542nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 12 out of 1,613. Before him are Gino Bartali, Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Roger De Vlaeminck, Miguel Induráin, and Tom Simpson. After him are Joop Zoetemelk, Felice Gimondi, Federico Bahamontes, Lance Armstrong, Alfredo Binda, and Luis Ocaña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 79. Before him are Franz Seldte, Leo Perutz, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Leopold Stokowski, Ernst von Weizsäcker, and Joaquín Turina. After him are Artur Schnabel, Yoshijirō Umezu, Natalia Sedova, Korney Chukovsky, Hugh S. Johnson, and Max Decugis. Among people deceased in 1917, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 30. Before him are Jean Gaston Darboux, Ranavalona III, Léon Bloy, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Adolph Wagner, and Hugo Simberg. After him are Mendele Mocher Sforim, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Manuel de Arriaga, Dadabhai Naoroji, Gustav von Schmoller, and Carolus-Duran.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 1,636 out of 6,770. Before him are René Grousset (1885), Françoise Gilot (1921), Louise Labé (1524), Alain Cuny (1908), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), and Michel Bouquet (1925). After him are Philippe Soupault (1897), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), André Jolivet (1905), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), and Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 4. Before him are Jacques Anquetil (1934), Raymond Poulidor (1936), and Bernard Hinault (1954). After him are Henri Cornet (1884), François Faber (1887), Louis Trousselier (1881), René Pottier (1879), Octave Lapize (1887), Laurent Fignon (1960), Louison Bobet (1925), and Henri Pélissier (1889).

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