Marcel Lequatre

Marcel Lequatre

Personal information
Full name	Marcel Lequatre
Born	(1882-09-29)29 September 1882 Yverdon, Switzerland
Died	14 November 1960(1960-11-14) (aged 78) Genève, Switzerland
Team information
Discipline	Road / Track
Role	Rider
Major wins
Romanshorn - Genève (1902, 1904, 1908) Bern - Genève (1908, 1909, 1910, 1918) Tour du Lac Léman (1906)

Marcel Lequatre (29 September 1882 – 14 November 1960) was a Swiss road racing cyclist.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Lequatre was a professional cyclist from 1902 to 1919. In 1904, he won the Swiss National Road racing title and both in 1906 and 1907 he was selected the Swiss National Motor-paced racing champion.[5] He holds records winning the ancient Swiss classic races Romanshorn - Genève three times[6][7][8] and Bern - Genève four times.[9] In 1906, he also won the Tour du Lac Léman,[10] one of the oldest cycling classics in the world, and in 1908 he ranked sixth in Milan - San Remo[11]

Lequatre started the Tour de France three times: in 1903 in the first tour, as well as in 1907 and 1908. Each time, though, he abandoned the race after a few stages.

References

1. "Marcel Lequatre". procyclingstats.com. Pro Cycling Stats.
2. "Les Suisses du Tour de 1903 à 1936". swissinfo.ch. Swiss Info. 4 July 2003.
3. "Marcel Lequatre". firstcycling.com. First Cycling.
4. "Marcel Lequatre - #4161 best all time pro cyclist - CyclingRanking.com". www.cyclingranking.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
5. Archives, Cycling. "National Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Switzerland". www.cyclingarchives.com.
6. "Journal de Genève - 21.07.1902 - Pages 2/3". www.letempsarchives.ch.
7. "Gazette de Lausanne - 15.08.1904 - Pages 2/3". www.letempsarchives.ch.
8. "Gazette de Lausanne - 15.09.1908 - Pages 2/3". www.letempsarchives.ch.
9. "Race History Bern - Genève". www.cyclingranking.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
10. "Tour du Lac Leman (Sui) - Cat.1.5". www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
11. "Results Milano - Sanremo - 1908 - CyclingRanking.com". www.cyclingranking.com.

External links

• Page at CyclingRanking.com