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Historic Overview Raoul Lesueur

Rider

Overall Rank1657
NameRaoul LESUEUR
Country
  France
Date of birth29-Apr-1912 - Le Havre (Haute Normandie)
Date of death19-Aug-1981 - Vallauris (Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Raoul Lesueur

Raoul Lesueur (29 April 1912 – 19 August 1981) was a French cyclist. He started his career as a road racer, winning numerous competitions in the 1930s and Critérium des As in 1943. After World War II he focused on motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won a European title in 1950 and the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1947 and 1950.

In the beginning of his cycling career, Lesueur moved from his native Le Havre to Nice and trained at the local "Vélodrome Pasteur". The Velodrome was heavily damaged by bombing in 1944, as it was likely confused with a factory building, and thus demolished in 1960. The former Avenue de Velodrome is now called Rue Raoul Lesueur.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Genova - Nizza 1935, 1937
Paris - Caen 1937
Paris - Nice - stages 1935 (1)
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Seasons

Raoul Lesueur - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1929 Individual 12 722
2. 1931 Individual 37 423
3. 1932 Individual 195 166
4. 1933 Individual 34 482
5. 1934 Helyett - Hutchinson 106 268
6. 1935 Helyett - Hutchinson 621 73
7. 1936 Helyett - Hutchinson 1327 21
8. 1937 Helyett - Splendor - Hutchinson 447 105
9. 1938 Helyett - Hutchinson 544 87
10. 1939 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 1186
11. 1940 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 571
12. 1941 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 686
13. 1942 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 656
14. 1943 Helyett - Hutchinson 41 291
15. 1949 Thomas - Rosset 0 1338
16. 1950 Thomas - Rosset 0 1301
17. 1951 Carrara - Hutchinson 0 1258
18. 1952 Delangle - Wolber 0 1322
Overall: 3364 1657