Émile Rol (17 April 1920 – 1 September 2008) was a French

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. He rode in the

1950 Tour de France The 1950 Tour de France was the 37th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 13 July to 7 August. It consisted of 22 stages over . Gino Bartali, captain of the Italian team, threatened and assaulted on the Col d'Aspin by some French sup ...

. He also won the

1949 Volta a Catalunya The 1949 Volta a Catalunya was the 29th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 18 September to 25 September 1949. The race started in Montjuïc and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Émile Rol. General classificat ...

Major results

;1943 : 2nd Critérium National de la Route ''(free zone)'' ;1946 : 5th Overall Monaco–Paris ;1948 : 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1949 : 1st MaillotVolta

Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

::1st Stage 2 : 1st

GP Monaco The Grand Prix de Monaco was a single-day road cycling race held annually in Monaco Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few ki ...

;1950 : 1st Stage 5

Tour d'Algérie The Tour d'Algérie is an annual multi-day road cycling race held in Algeria. It has been held as a 2.2 category event on UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...

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* 1920 births 2008 deaths French male cyclists Sportspeople from Alpes-Maritimes Cyclists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub