Lucien Petit-Breton

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Lucien Petit-Breton


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fullname = Lucien Georges Mazan
nickname = Lucien Petit-Breton
dateofbirth = birth date|1882|10|18
dateofdeath = death date and age|1917|12|20|1882|10|18
country = FRA
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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amateuryears =
proyears = 1905 1906-1908 1909 1910 1911 1911 1912 1913-1914 1914
proteams = JC Cycles Peugeot Legnano Alcyon Fiat La Française Peugeot Automata Atala
majorwins = 1907 Tour de France 1908 Tour de France Milan-Sanremo Paris-Brussels
updated = May 23, 2008

Lucien Georges Mazan (October 18, 1882 – December 20, 1917) was an Argentine racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton). He was born in Loire-Atlantique in France, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires. He took Argentinian nationality. His cycling career started when he won a bike in a lottery. His father rather wanted him to do a 'real' job, therefore he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton for races, to deceive his father. Later he changed it to Petit-Breton, because there already was another cyclist called Lucien Breton.

His first notable victory was the track cycling championship of Argentina. In 1902 he was drafted in the French Army, so he moved back to France. Two years later in 1904 he won the Bol d'Or a track event. In 1905 he broke the world hour record on the Buffalo cycling track in Paris with 41.110km. The same year he started road racing. He came second in the Tour de France.

He won the Tour in 1907 and 1908, the first to win the Tour twice. In 1907 Petit-Breton won the first edition of Milan-Sanremo and in 1908 he won Paris-Brussels. That was his last great victory. First World War ended his career. He joined the French army and died in 1917 when he crashed into an oncoming car at the front near Troyes.

Palmarès

;1906:Paris-Tours;1907:Milan-Sanremo:Tour de France::: Winner overall classification::Winner stages 9 and 11;1908:Tour de France::: Winner overall classification::Winner stages 2, 7, 9, 11 and 14:Paris-Brussels:Tour of Belgium (including 4 stages);1911:Giro d'Italia::Winner stage 5

External links

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Persondata
NAME=Petit-Berton, Lucien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=18-10-1882
PLACE OF BIRTH=Loire-Atlantique
DATE OF DEATH=20-12-1917
PLACE OF DEATH=Troyes