Paul Guignard

Paul Guignard ( born May 10, 1876 in Ainay -le- Château, † February 15, 1965 in Paris) was a French racing cyclist.

Paul Guignard began his cycling career as a road racer. His first major success as a professional ( to 1921 ) was his fourth place finish Bordeaux - Paris among 87 participants in 1894. Following year he won the race Paris - Besancon 417 km. After completing his military service Guignard first went as an aviator and won the " Grand Prix of Algiers " before the Americans George A. Banker.

From 1904 drove Guignard than stayers. In the web - Cycling World Championships 1905 in Antwerp he took second place behind Robert Walthour. On April 8, 1905 Guignard introduced despite strong injury due to an earlier crash one hour world record over 89.904 kilometers ( behind pacemaker ) on.

Eight years later, Guignard was at the age of 37 years, world champion in the competitions on the velodrome in Leipzig. Even in 1921, at the age of 45, he finished third at the UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen. Four times he was also French stayer Master.