André Leducq

André Leducq

1933: Leducq helped by Speicher.
Personal information
Full name	André Leducq
Born	(1904-02-27)27 February 1904 Saint-Ouen, France
Died	18 June 1980(1980-06-18) (aged 76) Marseille, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Tour de France Overall classification (1930, 1932)
Infobox last updated on 24 May 2008

André Leducq (27 February 1904, Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis - 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tour de France.

Career

Leducq was born at Saint-Ouen. He was twice world champion as an amateur before turning professional in 1927. The following year he won Paris–Roubaix and was second in the Tour de France, becoming popular for his humour. His other victories included two Tours de France (he won 25 stages in nine rides) and the 1931 Paris–Tours.

After his retirement, he founded a professional cycling team that raced in the 1950s.

Major results

Grand Tour results timeline

External links

• Complete results (in French)
• Historical photo
• André Leducq profile at Cycling Archives

v t e Winners of the general classification in the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903 Maurice Garin 1904 Henri Cornet 1905 Louis Trousselier 1906 René Pottier 1907–1908 Lucien Petit-Breton 1909 François Faber 1910 Octave Lapize 1911 Gustave Garrigou 1912 Odile Defraye 1913–14 Philippe Thys 1915–18 World War I 1919 Firmin Lambot 1920–1939 1920 Philippe Thys 1921 Léon Scieur 1922 Firmin Lambot 1923 Henri Pélissier 1924–25 Ottavio Bottecchia 1926 Lucien Buysse 1927–28 Nicolas Frantz 1929 Maurice De Waele 1930 André Leducq 1931 Antonin Magne 1932 André Leducq 1933 Georges Speicher 1934 Antonin Magne 1935 Romain Maes 1936 Sylvère Maes 1937 Roger Lapébie 1938 Gino Bartali 1939 Sylvère Maes 1940–1959 1940–46 World War II 1947 Jean Robic 1948 Gino Bartali 1949 Fausto Coppi 1950 Ferdinand Kübler 1951 Hugo Koblet 1952 Fausto Coppi 1953–55 Louison Bobet 1956 Roger Walkowiak 1957 Jacques Anquetil 1958 Charly Gaul 1959 Federico Bahamontes 1960–1979 1960 Gastone Nencini 1961–64 Jacques Anquetil 1965 Felice Gimondi 1966 Lucien Aimar 1967 Roger Pingeon 1968 Jan Janssen 1969–72 Eddy Merckx 1973 Luis Ocaña 1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bernard Thévenet 1976 Lucien Van Impe 1977 Bernard Thévenet 1978–79 Bernard Hinault 1980–1999 1980 Joop Zoetemelk 1981–82 Bernard Hinault 1983–84 Laurent Fignon 1985 Bernard Hinault 1986 Greg LeMond 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Pedro Delgado 1989–90 Greg LeMond 1991–95 Miguel Indurain 1996 Bjarne Riis 1997 Jan Ullrich 1998 Marco Pantani 1999–... Lance Armstrong 2000–present ...–2005 Lance Armstrong 2006 Óscar Pereiro 2007 Alberto Contador 2008 Carlos Sastre 2009 Alberto Contador 2010 Andy Schleck 2011 Cadel Evans

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