Odile Defraye

✶July 14, 1888

†August 21, 1965

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About their life

Odile Defraye was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time. He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes.

Belgian cyclist (1888–1965)

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Biography from the article Odile Defraye on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.