Oscar Egg

Oscar Egg ( born March 2, 1890 in Schlattmann; † February 9, 1961 in Nice ) was a Swiss racing driver who was known for his world hour records.

Oscar Egg grew up in Zurich and lived from 1906 in Paris. From 1912 to 1926 he was a cyclist.

Eggs specialty was the preparation of world records on the velodrome: About 500 m (1917 ), 10 km (1913, 1914), 30 km (1914 ), 40 km (1914 ), 50 km (1911, 1915) and 100 km (1917 ). 1912, 1913 and 1914, he three times a hour record, which was broken only in 1933 by Jan van Hout. For some record attempts Egg rode a bike with a streamlined tail fairing, officially " Velofusée ", jokingly of the competitors "Oscar 's Egg " ( " Oscars egg " ), called.

Egg profiled itself as a road rider. He won in 1914 for the round trip Paris -Tours and 1917 at Milan -Turin. In 1914, he won two stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d' Italia in 1919. In 1914 he won the Swiss championship in the road race. Between 1915 and 1924 he also won eight six-day races as well as the renowned 24 -hour event Bol d'Or on the velodrome in Bordeaux.

Egg, one of the most prominent racing driver of his time, owned a shop in Paris. There also the " Egg- ratio change " were produced, one designed specifically for road bikes new circuit, " Super Champion " called. He first presented in 1932 at the " Paris Salon du Cycle ". As a 1937 first gear shifts were admitted at the Tour de France, most drivers chose the " Super Champion ". The result was that the average speed increased abruptly: 1937 drove the last placed as soon as the winner from the year before.