Maurice Ville Explained
| Maurice Ville |
| Birth Date: | 30 October 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
| Death Place: | Bobigny, France |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 1923 |
| Proyears2: | 1924–1926 |
| Proteam2: | Individual |
| Proyears3: | 1927 |
| Proteam3: | Opel-ZR III |
| Proyears4: | 1928 |
| Proteam4: | Individual |
Maurice Ville (30 October 1900 - 12 April 1982) was a French racing cyclist.[1] He rode in the 1924 Tour de France, where he finished 2nd in stages 1 and 2, but dropped out on the 3rd stage.[2] [3] He also won the 1923 Volta a Catalunya and finished 2nd in the 1924 Paris–Roubaix.
Major results
- 1923
1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st Stage 1 Critérium du Midi
1st Stage 2 Paris–Saint-Étienne
2nd Circuit des villes d'eaux d'Auvergne
- 1924
1st Tour du Vaucluse
2nd Paris–Roubaix
2nd Overall Criterium des Aiglons
5th Paris–Tours
- 1927
1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
- 1928
1st Paris–ContresNotes and References
- Web site: Maurice Ville . Cycling Archives . 20 September 2020.
- Web site: Tour de France 1924 . Cycling Archives . 20 September 2020.
- Web site: 18ème Tour de France 1924. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124082653/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1924.php. 24 January 2012.
