Charles Lacquehay

Charles Lacquehay (* November 4, 1897 in Paris, † October 3, 1975 ) was a French cyclist.

1919 Charles Lacquehay started his professional career as a cyclist and denied initially mainly road race. Both in 1923 and 1925, he finished fifth in the Paris- Roubaix. In 1928 he won the Critérium des As, an invitational race for the best professionals of the season.

In the late 1920s Lacquehay put his focus on the web: stayer and six-day race. 1933 and 1935 he was World Champion Stayers, 1933 French champion stayer. He also competed in 21 six-day races, winning five, all together with Georges Wambst: 1926 in Paris and Berlin, in 1927 in Breslau and in 1928 in Paris and Nice. In 1928 he won together with Georges Wambst rail competition Prix Dupré - Lapize in Paris.

Because Charles Lacquehay was tall and lanky, he was nicknamed " longue carabine " ( " long carbine ").