Maurice Brocco

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Maurice Brocco

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Brocco
Date of birth	January 28, 1885(1885-01-28)
Date of death	June 26, 1965 (aged 80)
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Paris-Brussels (1910) One stage Tour de France
Infobox last updated on:
June 9, 2008

Maurice Brocco (Fismes, 28 January 1885 – Erigné, 26 June 1965) was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1906 and 1927. In 1911 he won a stage in the Tour de France. He participated six times in the Tour de France, but finished the race only once. In his later career he was successfull in six days races. In the 1911 Tour de France, Brocco did not finish the ninth stage. Brocco then profited from a rule that allowed cyclists who did not finish a stage to continue racing, without competing for the general classification. The next stage was won by Brocco. Brocco was the only cyclist to profit from that rule, as it was abolished afterwards.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Maurice Brocco profile at the Cycling Website
• Official Tour de France results for Maurice Brocco

Persondata
NAME	Brocco, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1885-01-28
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fismes
DATE OF DEATH	1965-06-26
PLACE OF DEATH	Erigné