Honoré Barthélémy

Honoré Barthélémy ( born September 25, 1891 in Paris, † May 2, 1964 in Champigny ) was a French cyclist.

In 1912 Honoré Barthélémy French road champion, but the one "independent" Cycling Union. In 1919 he became vice - champion on the road and 1920 cross-country race. In the same year he won Paris-Roubaix in third place and started for the first time in the Tour de France. He won four stages and was fifth overall.

Especially popular Barthélémy was in his home country through his participation in the Tour de France in 1920, where he finished with pure willpower: On the eighth stage to Aix -en- Provence, he crashed heavily, but sat half blind and bleeding again on the bike despite a broken shoulder, a dislocated wrist and an injured eye, he drove the tour to end. He was received in Paris in eighth overall, and thus best Frenchman behind seven Belgians triumphantly. In 1921 he took part once again in the Tour and finished third, although he now wore a glass eye, which he, however, often lost during the race.

1925 and 1928 won Honoré Barthélémy the 24 -hour track race Bol d'Or.