Josef Fischer (20 January 1865 – 3 March 1953) was a German

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 ...

. He is best known for winning the first edition of

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

in 1896 and Bordeaux–Paris in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

Major results

;1893 :1st, Vienna–Berlin ;1896 :1st,

;1899 :2nd, Bordeaux–Paris ;1900 :1st, Bordeaux–Paris :2nd,

;1903 :15th,

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 ...

1865 births 1953 deaths People from Cham (district) Sportspeople from the Upper Palatinate German male cyclists Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Bavaria Cyclists from Bavaria {{germany-cycling-bio-stub