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Odile Defraye

1888 - 1965

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Odile Defraye (pronounced [ɔ.dil dɛ.fʁɛj]; Dutch: Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time. He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes. In the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Odile Defraye is the 38th most popular cyclist (down from 37th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 316th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Odile Defraye ranks 38 out of 1,613. Before him are Octave Lapize, Firmin Lambot, Francesco Moser, Jan Janssen, Ferdinand Kübler, and Laurent Fignon. After him are Léon Scieur, Ottavio Bottecchia, Walter Godefroot, Louison Bobet, Rudi Altig, and Henri Pélissier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Odile Defraye ranks 95. Before him are Lead Belly, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Richard Courant, Jean Wahl, José Félix Estigarribia, and Chōjun Miyagi. After him are Victor Goldschmidt, Paul Ramadier, Léon Scieur, Richard Kohn, Roberto Assagioli, and Du Yuesheng. Among people deceased in 1965, Odile Defraye ranks 73. Before him are La Belle Otero, Harry Babcock, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Louis Harold Gray, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Leopold Figl. After him are Erik Heinrichs, Alfredo Guzzoni, William Heard Kilpatrick, Wilhelm Worringer, Ladislao Vajda, and Roberto Cherro.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Odile Defraye ranks 322 out of 1,190. Before him are Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Bernard Voorhoof (1910). After him are Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Léon Scieur (1888), Victor Boin (1886), Camille Huysmans (1871), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), and Guy Thys (1922).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Odile Defraye ranks 9. Before him are Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Philippe Thys (1889), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), and Firmin Lambot (1886). After him are Léon Scieur (1888), Walter Godefroot (1943), Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Romain Maes (1912), and Stan Ockers (1920).

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