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Octave Lapize

French cyclist

Summary

French cyclist

Field	Value
name	Octave Lapize
image	File:Octave Lapize on a bicycle.jpg
fullname	Octave Lapize
nickname	Tatave
Le Frisé (The Curly Haired-One)
birth_date
birth_place	Paris, France
death_date
death_place	Toul, France
discipline	Road
role	Rider
majorwins	Grand Tours

Le Frisé (The Curly Haired-One) :Tour de France ::General classification (1910) ::6 individual stages (1910, 1912, 1914) One-day races and Classics

:Paris–Roubaix (1909, 1910, 1911) :Paris–Tours (1911) :Paris–Brussels (1911, 1912, 1913)

Octave Lapize (; 24 October 1887 – 14 July 1917) was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.

Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres, he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.

Career

In his first Tour De France in 1909, he abandoned early due to wintery conditions during the month of July, but not before he managed a Stage 2 second place behind Tour winner Francois Faber. The following year he went head-to-head with Alcyon teammate Faber who led comfortably until colliding with a dog at the foot of the Pyrenees. Lapize finally won by just 4 points helped by a number of punctures to Faber's bike on the final stage from Caen to Paris. In a total of six starts in the Tour De France between 1909 and 1914, this victory was the only one he finished.

While climbing the Col d'Aubsique (via the Col du Soulor and the Col de Tortes) in the 1910 Tour de France he is reported to have said to the race organisers: "Vous êtes des criminels !"' (French for 'You are criminals!')" Later, at the stage finish in Bayonne, he is reported to have told a reporter that "Desgrange est un assassin" (French for 'Desgrange is a murderer!") The stage in question was 326 kilometers in length and featured the climbs of the Col de Peyresourde, Col d'Aspin, Col du Tourmalet, Col du Soulor, Col de Tortes and the Col d'Aubisque. Lapize won the stage.

The First World War ended his cycling career. As a fighter pilot in the French army, Octave Lapize was shot down near Flirey, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 14 July 1917. Fatally wounded, he died in a hospital in Toul.

Career achievements

Major results

;1908 : Summer Olympics Men's 100 kilometres - Bronze Medal ;1909 : Paris–Roubaix, 1st Place ;1910 : Tour de France - [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]]1st Overall and 4 stage wins (Stage 5, 9, 10, 14) : Paris–Roubaix, 1st Place ;1911 : Paris–Roubaix, 1st Place : Paris–Tours, 1st Place : Paris–Brussels, 1st Place : FRAFrench National Championships, 1st Place ;1912 : Tour de France - Stage 6 win : Paris–Brussels, 1st Place : FRAFrench National Championships, 1st Place ;1913 : Paris–Brussels, 1st Place : FRAFrench National Championships, 1st Place ;1914 : Tour de France - Stage 8 win

Grand Tour results

1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	Giro d'Italia
DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF-4	1	DNF-4	DNF-9	DNF-3	DNF-10
Stages won	0	4	0	1	0	1
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stages won

References

"Octave Lapize". Olympedia.
"Octave Lapize Olympic Results". sports-reference.com.
McKay, Feargal. (2022-07-04). "Mythologies: Assassins of the Aubisque!".
"Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference.

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