Tags: Cyclist.
Octave Lapize (pronounced: [ɔktav lapiz]; 24 October 1887 – 14 July 1917) was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men’s 100 kilometres he was a three-time winner of one-day classics Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.In his first Tour De France in 1909 he abandoned early due to wintery conditions during the month of July but not beforehe managed a Stage 2 second place behind Tour winner Francois Faber.
