1910 TDF Big Kisses for the Winner
OCTAVE LAPIZE (1887-1917) 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.
His career was cut short by the Great War. He became a fighter pilot and was shot down over the western front.
(excerpts from '100 highlights of the Tour de France 1903-1999")
1910 TDF Big Kisses for the Winner
OCTAVE LAPIZE (1887-1917) 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.
His career was cut short by the Great War. He became a fighter pilot and was shot down over the western front.
(excerpts from '100 highlights of the Tour de France 1903-1999")