Roger Lapébie

Roger Lapébie
Personal information
Full nameRoger Lapébie
NicknameLe Pétardier (The Firecracker)
Le Placide (The Placid)
Born(1911-01-16)16 January 1911
Bayonne, France
Died11 October 1996(1996-10-11) (aged 85)
Pessac, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1932-1936La Française
1937-1939Mercier
1947Mercier
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1937)
9 individual stages (1932, 1934, 1937)

Stage races

Paris–Nice (1937)
Critérium International (1934, 1937)
Circuit du Morbihan (1933)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1933)
Paris–Angers (1933)
Paris–Vichy (1934)
Paris–Saint-Etienne (1935)
Paris–Sedan (1938)

Roger Lapébie (pronounced [ʁɔ.ʒe la.pe.bi]; 16 January 1911 – 11 October 1996) was a French racing cyclist who won the 1937 Tour de France. In addition, Lapébie won the 1934 and 1937 editions of the Critérium National. He was born at Bayonne, Aquitaine, and died in Pessac.

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