Émile Idée Explained

Emile Idée
Fullname:Emile Idée
Birth Date:19 July 1920
Birth Place:Nouvion-le-Comte, Hauts-de-France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1941–1946
Proyears2:1946–1947
Proyears3:1947
Proteam3:Olmo–Fulgor
Proyears4:1948–1952
Majorwins:Critérium International (5x)
French National Road Race Champion (2x)

Émile Idée (born 19 July 1920) is a French former professional road bicycle racer.[1] [2] Idée is a five-time winner of the Critérium National (a race that saw its name changed to Critérium International in 1979), a record he shares with Raymond Poulidor and Jens Voigt. He finished in second place in the 1948 Paris–Roubaix.[3]

Major results

1940
  • 1st Critérium National de la Route
    1942
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Critérium National de la Route
  • 1st
  • 1st Grand Prix des Nations (occupied zone)
  • 1st GP de Provence
    1943
  • 1st Critérium National de la Route
  • 5th Grand Prix des Nations
    1944
  • 1st
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
    1945
  • 3rd Paris–Tours
  • 3rd Critérium National de la Route
    1946
  • 2nd Grand Prix des Nations
    1947
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Critérium National de la Route
  • 1st Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
  • 2nd Paris–Tours
  • 2nd Critérium des As
  • 2nd Grand Prix des Nations
    1948
  • 1st Trophée du Journal d'Alger
  • 2nd Paris–Roubaix
  • 2nd Critérium National de la Route
  • 3rd Paris–Tours
    1949
  • 1st Critérium National de la Route
  • 1st Stage 13 Tour de France
  • 8th GP de Suisse
    1950
  • 1st Cote de Gourdon
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 4th Grand Prix des Nations
  • 5th Paris–Tours
  • 6th GP Lugano
  • 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 9th Paris–Brussels
    1951
  • 1st Stage 4a Paris–Nice

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Valenciennes/actualite/Valenciennes/2012/06/25/article_une-pleiade-de-champions.shtml UNE PLÉIADE DE CHAMPIONS Avec Émile Idée, 92 ans, en tête!
    2. http://www.sportbreizh.com/Actualites-330-15150-0-0.html Émile Idée, bon pied bon oeil !
    3. Web site: 46th Paris – Roubaix, 1948 . 15 April 2015 . bikeraceinfo.