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Alcyon 1921
The Alcyon was a French bicycle, automobile and motorcycle manufacturer between 1903 and 1954. Origins Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented by motorcycle production and in 1906, the first cars were shown at the "Salon de l'Automobile" in Paris, France. Also in 1906 it founded the professional Alcyon cycling team which was active until 1955, including winning the Tour de France 6 times. Motorcycle racing In 1912 Alcyon competed at the Isle of Man TT races with a 348cc single-cylinder engine featuring two inlet valves and two exhaust valves. Both bikes failed to finish the Junior TT race. Alcyon had local success in France during the 1920s, with riders such as Marc Jolly, Marcel Mourrier, Jean Durand and Lucien Lemasson winning races. During this time too, this bicycle brand got its nickname "l'intrépide Alcyon". Voiturettes before the World War I Two models were shown in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcyon 1904
The Alcyon was a French bicycle, automobile and motorcycle manufacturer between 1903 and 1954. Origins Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented by motorcycle production and in 1906, the first cars were shown at the "Salon de l'Automobile" in Paris, France. Also in 1906 it founded the professional Alcyon (cycling team), Alcyon cycling team which was active until 1955, including winning the Tour de France 6 times. Motorcycle racing In 1912 Alcyon competed at the 1912 Isle of Man TT, Isle of Man TT races with a 348cc single-cylinder engine featuring two inlet valves and two exhaust valves. Both bikes failed to finish the Junior TT race. Alcyon had local success in France during the 1920s, with riders such as Marc Jolly, Marcel Mourrier, Jean Durand and Lucien Lemasson winning races. During this time too, this bicycle brand got its nickname "l'intrépide Alcyon". Voiturettes before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcyon 1921
The Alcyon was a French bicycle, automobile and motorcycle manufacturer between 1903 and 1954. Origins Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented by motorcycle production and in 1906, the first cars were shown at the "Salon de l'Automobile" in Paris, France. Also in 1906 it founded the professional Alcyon cycling team which was active until 1955, including winning the Tour de France 6 times. Motorcycle racing In 1912 Alcyon competed at the Isle of Man TT races with a 348cc single-cylinder engine featuring two inlet valves and two exhaust valves. Both bikes failed to finish the Junior TT race. Alcyon had local success in France during the 1920s, with riders such as Marc Jolly, Marcel Mourrier, Jean Durand and Lucien Lemasson winning races. During this time too, this bicycle brand got its nickname "l'intrépide Alcyon". Voiturettes before the World War I Two models were shown in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil (; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field—Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes—but he did it. His victories in stage races such as the Tour were built on an exceptional ability to ride alone against the clock in individual time trial stages, which lent him the name "Monsieur Chrono". He won eight Grand Tours in his career, which was a record when he retired and was surpassed only by Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault. Early life Anquetil was born on 8 January 1934 in a clinic in Mont-Saint-Aignan, a suburb of Rouen in Normandy situated next to Bois-Guillaume, where his parents had a house at the time. His father Ernest was the grandson of a Prussian soldier called Ernst, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Koblet
Hugo Koblet (; 21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Switzerland, Swiss champion cycle sport, cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional. He died in a car accident amid speculation that he had committed suicide. Origins Hugo Koblet was the son of Adolf and Héléna Koblet,LES GRANDS DUELS DU TOUR (3) Koblet-Kubler : le seigneur et le pirate ''Le Monde''. 2 July 2003. bakers in Zürich. He lived with his mother, a widow, and with an elder brother. His brother baked bread and cakes and Hugo was restricted to sweeping the floor and making deliveries by bicycle.Sporting Cyclist, UK, 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdi Kübler
Ferdi may refer to: * Ferdi Elmas (born 1985), Turkish footballer * Ferdi Hardal (born 1996), Turkish weightlifter * Ferdi Kadıoğlu (born 1999), Turkish-Dutch footballer * Ferdi Özbeğen (1941–2013), Turkish-Armenian singer and pianist * Ferdi Sabit Soyer (born 1952), former de facto Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus * Ferdi Tayfur (1945–2025), Turkish arabesque singer, actor, and composer * Ferdi Taygan (born 1956), American tennis player * Ferdi Zeyrek Ferdi Zeyrek (16 March 1977 – 9 June 2025; ) was a Turkish architect and politician. He served as the mayor of Manisa between 2024 and 2025. Early life, education and career Zeyrek was born in Manisa on 16 March 1977. After completing his ... (1977–2025), Turkish architect and politician {{given name Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Harris
Reginald Hargreaves Harris OBE (1 March 1920 – 22 June 1992) was an English track racing cyclist in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the world amateur sprint title in 1947, two Olympic silver medals in 1948 and the world professional title in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1954. His ferocious will to win made him a household name in the 1950s, but he also surprised many with a comeback more than 20 years later, winning a British title in 1974 at the age of 54. Early life Harris was born as Reginald Hargreaves at 7 Garden Street, Birtle, Bury, Lancashire,.Oxford National Biography, UK His mother, Elsie Hargreaves, a cotton weaver, remarried and Reginald took the name of his stepfather, an engineer and businessman called Joseph Harris. Reg Harris left school without qualifications and his first job was as an apprentice motor mechanic in Bury, soon moving from the workshop to the salesroom. During this period, at the age of 14, he bought his first bicycle, and entered a roller-racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briek Schotte
Alberic "Briek" Schotte (7 September 1919 – 4 April 2004) was a Belgium, Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek" (''IJzeren Briek''). He was World Cycling Championship, world champion in 1948 and 1950, won the last stage of the 1947 Tour de France and finished second in the 1948 Tour de France, 1948 Tour, behind Gino Bartali. He twice won the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris–Tours (1946, 1947) and Paris–Brussels (1946, 1952). He also won the inaugural ''Challenge Desgrange-Colombo'', a season-long competition to identify the world's best road rider, in 1948. He holds the record with twenty consecutive participations in the Tour of Flanders and in addition to his two victories made the podium on six other occasions. Schotte corresponded to the archetype of the ''Flandrien'', the diligent farm boy who competes against better equipped and guided ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the World War II, Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champion of Champions"). He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a good sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940 Giro d'Italia, 1940, 1947 Giro d'Italia, 1947, 1949 Giro d'Italia, 1949, 1952 Giro d'Italia, 1952, 1953 Giro d'Italia, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 Tour de France, 1949 and 1952 Tour de France, 1952), and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Championship in 1953 UCI Road World Championships, 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942. Early life and amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Masson (cyclist)
Emile Masson (Morialmé, 16 October 1888 — Bierset, 25 October 1973) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Masson won two stages in the 1922 Tour de France. His son, Émile Masson Jr. Émile Masson Jr. (1 September 1915 – 2 January 2011) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Hollogne-aux-Pierres, the son of former cyclist Émile Masson Sr. Masson was Belgian road race champion twice, and won impo ..., also became a successful cyclist. Major results ;1919 : Tour of Belgium ;1922 : 1922 Tour de France: ::Winner stages 11 and 12 ;1923 : Bordeaux–Paris :Tour of Belgium :Sclessin – St. Hubert – Sclessin : GP Wolber ;1924 :Jemeppe – Bastogne – Jemeppe : Paris-Lyon External links Official Tour de France results for Emile Masson (senior) at ''the Cycling Websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles
Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles (27 December 1888 – 11 February 1971), also known as ''Carlo Sarrabezolles'' (or Charles or Charles-Marie), was a French sculptor. Life Sarrabezolles was born in Toulouse, studied at that city's École des Beaux-Arts (1904–1907), then from 1907 to 1914 at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he settled for good. In 1914 he was runner-up (''premier second'') in Prix de Rome competition. From 1914 to 1918, during World War I, he was held prisoner in Germany. In 1920 he married Nicole Cervi, with whom he had three children. In 1923 they moved into a studio at 16 rue des Volontaires where he remained until his death. A square there, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, bears his name. His best-known work is probably ''L'Âme de la France, The Soul of France'', which he executed in three different materials: the first in plaster in 1921, the second in stone in 1922, and the last in bronze in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIMA-Violet
Sima Violet was a French manufacturer of cyclecars between 1924 and 1929.Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' The name Sima was an acronym, the letters standing for "Société Industrielle de Matériel Automobile". Violet respected the creator of the cars, Marcel Violet. The business The company was founded at Courbevoie on the northwestern side of Paris, in a part of the city which was already home to numerous automobile manufacturers and suppliers. Marcel Violet who created the little vehicle was a long-standing advocate of two-stroke air-cooled boxer-format engines, and these powered the cyclecars that carried his name Sima Violet ended production in 1929, to be succeeded at their Courbevoie site by the :de:Sima-Standard, Sima-Standard business which survived till 1932. The cars The only vehicle produced was a cyclecar, which was a four-wheeled vehicle lighter than a conventional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat-twin
A flat-twin engine is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders on opposite sides of the crankshaft. The most common type of flat-twin engine is the boxer-twin engine, where both pistons move inwards and outwards at the same time. The flat-twin design was patented by Karl Benz in 1896 and the first production flat-twin engine was used in the ''Lanchester 8 hp Phaeton'' car released in 1900. The flat-twin engine was used in several other cars since, however a more common usage is in motorcycles; early models oriented the cylinders in line with the frame, however later models switched to the cylinders being perpendicular to the frame to provide even cooling across both cylinders. Flat-twin engines were also used in several aircraft up until the 1930s and in various stationary applications from the 1930s to the 1960s. The Australian lawnmower manufacturer Victa also produced a flat-twin engine push mower from August 1975 to 1980 dubbed the ‘Twin 500’, and lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
