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Historic Overview Raoul Lesueur

Rider

Overall Rank1636
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 12 717
2. 1931 Individual 37 422
3. 1932 Individual 195 164
4. 1933 Individual 33 481
5. 1934 Helyett - Hutchinson 104 268
6. 1935 Helyett - Hutchinson 611 73
7. 1936 Helyett - Hutchinson 1307 21
8. 1937 Helyett - Splendor - Hutchinson 440 105
9. 1938 Helyett - Hutchinson 544 87
10. 1939 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 1174
11. 1940 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 557
12. 1941 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 675
13. 1942 Helyett - Hutchinson 0 655
14. 1943 Helyett - Hutchinson 41 288
15. 1949 Thomas - Rosset 0 1320
16. 1950 Thomas - Rosset 0 1284
17. 1951 Carrara 0 1233
18. 1952 Delangle - Wolber 0 1301
Overall: 3324 1636