Georges Speicher (; 8 June 1907 â 24 January 1978) was a French cyclist who won the 1933 Tour de France along with three stage wins, and the 1933 World Cycling Championship.
After Speicher had won the 1933 Tour de France, he was initially not selected for the 1933 UCI Road World Championships. Only after a French cyclist that had been selected dropped out, Speicher was brought in as a replacement at the last notice, and won the race. Speicher was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and the World Championship in the same year.
Career achievements
Major results
1931
Paris-Arras
1932
10th Tour de France:
1933
World road race championship
Tour de France:
: Winner overall classification
:Winner stages 8, 9 and 12
1934
Tour de France:
:Winner stages 1, 5, 6, 13 and 20
1935
national road race championship
Paris-Rennes
Paris-Angers
Tour de France:
:6th place overall classification
:Winner stage 13B
1936
Alger
ParisâÂÂRoubaix (victory contested by Romain Maes)
1937
national road race championship
1939
national road race championship
Grand Tour results timeline
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