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Historic Overview Raoul Lesueur

Rider

Overall Rank1610
NameRaoul LESUEUR
Country
  France
Date of birth29-Apr-1912 - Le Havre (Haute Normandie)
Date of death19-Aug-1981 - Vallauris (Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur)

Biography

Raoul Lesueur

Raoul Lesueur (French pronunciation: [ʁaul ləsɥœʁ]; 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 12 752
2. 1931 Individual 34 437
3. 1932 Individual 195 176
4. 1933 Individual 33 500
5. 1934 Helyett - Hutchinson 105 277
6. 1935 Helyett - Hutchinson 588 83
7. 1936 Helyett - Hutchinson 1660 19
8. 1937 Helyett - Splendor - Hutchinson 442 117
9. 1938 Helyett - Hutchinson 814 70
10. 1939 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 1215
11. 1940 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 580
12. 1941 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 691
13. 1942 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 673
14. 1943 Helyett - Hutchinson 41 294
15. 1949 Thomas - Rosset 0 1400
16. 1950 Thomas - Rosset 0 1324
17. 1951 Carrara - Hutchinson 0 1280
18. 1952 Delangle - Wolber 0 1363
Overall: 3924 1610