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Historic Overview Apo Lazaridès

Rider

Overall Rank939
NameApo LAZARIDÈS
Country
  France
Date of birth16-Oct-1925 - Marles les Mines (Nord Pas de Calais)
Date of death30-Oct-1998 - Nice (Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Apo Lazaridès

Apo Lazaridès (16 October 1925 – 30 October 1998) was a French champion cyclist.

Born Jean-Apôtre Lazaridès in Marles-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais of Greek ancestry (he became French in 1929). During the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Lazaridès used his cycling to transport supplies to the French Resistance. Apo had an older brother, Lucien Lazaridès, also a cyclist.

Nicknamed "Apo", a short version of his middle name, he competed in races throughout France during the war. In 1946 Lazaridès finished fifth in the "Ronde de France", then won the most important competition of the year, the "La Course du Tour de France", a 1316 km race from Monaco to Paris. This was organised by the group who took charge of organisation of the Tour de France.

In the 1947 Tour, Lazaridès finished tenth but captured second overall in the mountain class. In 1948, he finished ninth and went on to take second place in the world championship. He retired in 1955 and moved to Cannes, where he was president of the Étoile Sportive de Cannes."

Lazaridès died in Cannes in 1998 and was buried there in the Cimetière du Grand Jas.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2

Major Victories

Monaco - Paris 1946
Ronde de France - stages 1946 (1)
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Seasons

Apo Lazaridès - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1943 Individual 9 473
2. 1944 Individual 31 216
3. 1945 Individual 31 349
4. 1946 France Sport - Dunlop 581 60
5. 1947 France Sport - Dunlop 895 42
6. 1948 France Sport - Dunlop 1191 22
7. 1949 France Sport - Dunlop 1021 30
8. 1950 Helyett - Hutchinson 681 68
9. 1951 France-Sport - Dunlop 379 125
10. 1952 France Sport - Dunlop 8 994
11. 1953 Rochet - Dunlop 34 567
12. 1954 Arliguie - Hutchinson 440 119
13. 1955 Arliguie - Hutchinson 150 310
14. 1956 Arliguie - Hutchinson 0 1291
Overall: 5451 939