Guy Lapébie

Guy Lapébie
	Lapébie (2nd left) at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Guy Lapébie
Born	28 November 1916; Saint-Geours-de-Maremne, France
Died	8 March 2010 (aged 93); Bagnères-de-Luchon, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing France
Olympic Games

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Guy Lapébie (28 November 1916 – 8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.^[1]^[2]

Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France winner Roger Lapébie. Guy's son Serge (1948–1991) was also a professional cyclist.^[3]

Major results

1936

Olympic Champion 4000m team pursuit

Olympic Champion Team road race

second place Olympic individual road race

1945

Zürich-Lausanne

1946

GP du Locle

Tour des 3 Lacs

1948

Six days of Paris (with Arthus Sérès)

1948

Six days of Paris (with Achiel Bruneel)

Tour de France:

Winner stage 3

3rd place overall classification

1949

Tour de France:

Winner stage 8

1950: Six days of Saint-Etienne (with Achiel Bruneel)
1951: Six days of Hannover (with Emile Carrara); Six days of Berlin (with Emile Carrara)
1952: Six days of Berlin (with Emile Carrara)

References

^ Duby, Julien (8 March 2010). "L'ancien champion cycliste bordelais Guy Lapébie est mort". Sud Ouest (in French). Archived from the original on 9 March 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Guy Lapébie". Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Roger, Guy et Serge Lapebie". Pyrenees-passion.info (in French). Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2020.