Odile Defraye

Odile Defraye

Personal information
Full name	Odile Defraye
Born	14 July 1888(1888-07-14)  Belgium
Died	21 August 1965(1965-08-21) (aged 77)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
1912 Tour de France
Infobox last updated on 23 May 2008

Odile Defraye (real name Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888, Rumbeke - 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time.^[1] He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes.

At the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed.^[2]

Other major wins include the 1913 Milan – San Remo, a one-day classic, and four stages and the overall for the 1912 Tour of Belgium.

Major achievements

1908

Tour of Flanders (Amateur edition)

1910

Winner Championship of Flanders

1911

Belgian National Road Race Championships

1912

Winner Tour of Belgium

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 6

Stage 7

Winner Tour de France

Stage 2

Stage 7

Stage 9

1913

Milan – San Remo

1921

Tour of Belgium

Stage 6

Grand Tour results timeline

	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Giro	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	—	—	—	—	—	—					—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour	DNF-2	DNE	DNE	1	DNF-6	DNF-10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	DNF-4	DNF-3	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNF-6
Stages won	0	0	0	3	0	0					0	0	—	—	—	0
Vuelta	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stages won

Legend

1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did Not Enter
DNF-x	Did Not Finish (retired on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not Ranked in this classification

References

1. ^ http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1912.php Veloarchive.com 1912 Tour de France
2. ^ http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/defraye_odiel.php Memoire du cyclisme

Persondata
Name	Defraye, Odile
Alternative names
Short description	cyclist
Date of birth	1888-07-14
Place of birth	Rumbeke
Date of death	1965-08-21
Place of death