Custodio Dos Reis (30 November 1922 – 26 November 1959) was a French professional
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
. Born in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ...
with
Portuguese nationality to parents from
Algarve
The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ...
, Dos Reis became French citizen in 1931.
Dos Reis won four stages of the 1946
Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span.
History
The competition started in 1927, alt ...
, and two stages at the 1947 event.
[ In 1950, he won the 14th stage of 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 ...
.[
]
Major results
;1950
:Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
:
::Winner stage 14
References
External links
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Official Tour de France results for Custodio Dos Reis
French male cyclists
1922 births
1959 deaths
French Tour de France stage winners
Sportspeople from Rabat
French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
20th-century French sportsmen
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