Hippolyte Aucouturier
Cyclist
1876 – 1944
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Who was Hippolyte Aucouturier?
Hippolyte Aucouturier was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France. He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904. His elder brother Francois was also a racing cyclist.
Aucouturier was an outspoken man whom the Tour organiser, Henri Desgrange, referred to in L'Auto as Le Terrible.
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- Born
- Oct 17, 1876
La Celle, Allier - Nationality
- France
- Died
- Apr 22, 1944
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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