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André Dufraisse (; 30 June 1926 – 21 February 2021) was a French
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cyclist, who was a professional from 1950 to 1964.


Career

Dufraisse won the World Cyclo-cross Championships five times from 1954 to 1958, and was the French national champion seven times between 1955 and 1963. Dufraisse switched to cyclo-cross after finishing second in the 1953 world championship and from then on dominated the sport - in 1956 he won 19 of the 20 races he entered. Dufraisse died in February 2021.


References

1926 births 2021 deaths French male cyclists French cyclo-cross cyclists Sportspeople from Haute-Vienne UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (men) Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub