Guy Lapébie
Guy Lapébie ( born November 28, 1916 in Saint- Geours -de- Maremne, country, † March 8, 2010 in Bagneres -de- Luchon ) was a French cyclist who was successful in both track cycling and road cycling. His greatest successes were two Olympic victories in 1936 and third place in the Tour de France in 1948. He was the younger brother of Roger Lapébie (winner of Tour de France 1937) and the father of Serge Lapébie, both also racing cyclist.
Sports career
At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 Lapébie was one of the most successful participants at all. He won on the track the gold medal in the 4000 meter team pursuit (together with Roger Le Nizerhy, Robert Charpentier and Jean Goujon ). In the road race, he had to in the final sprint narrowly beaten Charpentier and won the silver medal, but the team driving ( adding the individual results of the road race ), he was ( with Robert Charpentier and Dorgebray ) for the second time Olympic champion.
Lapébie then moved to the professionals. In 1939, he was ninth at the Paris-Nice stage race. The next few years of his career were overshadowed by the Second World War, but in 1942 he won jointly with Adolphe Prat rail competition Prix Dupré - Lapize in Paris. In 1945 he won the voyage Zurich -Lausanne. The following year, he won two stages of the Tour des Trois -Lacs and a stage of the Tour de Suisse, at the road World Championships he finished eighth.
Twice Lapébie took part in the Tour de France. He succeeded almost to repeat the success of his brother, who had the tour ended in 1937 as the overall winner. In 1948 he won the third stage and finished third in the overall standings, but the winner Gino Bartali, he lost a total of almost half an hour. In 1949, the victory in the ninth stage added, but he had to retire later.
1949 Lapébie won a stage at the Tour de Luxembourg ( where he finished second overall) and the Paris six-day race. The next year he won four stages of the Tour of Morocco, as well as a stage and the overall standings of the Grand Prix des Vins de Gironde, also the Six Days of Saint- Étienne. To this end, he took top places at the Critérium National and the classics Paris -Brussels and Paris- Tours. 1951 and 1952 won Lapébie five six-day races (twice Berlin, Hanover, Munich and Dortmund), before ending his career.
Achievements
- Olympic Games 1936: Gold medal team pursuit, gold medal team driving, road race silver medal
- 3rd overall Tour de France 1948 ( 1 stage win )
- 1 stage win Tour de France 1949
- Six Days Paris 1949
- Six Days Saint- Étienne in 1950
- Six Days Hannover 1951
- Six Days of Dortmund 1952
- Six Days Berlin 1952