Nicolas Frantz

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Nicolas Frantz

Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Frantz
Date of birth	November 4, 1899(1899-11-04)
Date of death	November 8, 1985 (aged 86)
Country	Luxembourg
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Tour de France (2x)
Infobox last updated on:
May 24, 2008

Medal record
Nicolas Frantz
Competitor for  Luxembourg
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver	1929 Zürich	Elite Men's Road Race
Bronze	1932 Rome	Elite Men's Road Race

Nicolas Frantz (November 4, 1899 - November 8, 1985), born in Mamer, Luxembourg, was a bicycle racer with 60 professional racing victories over his twelve-year career (1923 to 1934). He rode for the Thomann team in 1923 and then for the Alcyon-Dunlop team from 1924 to 1931.

Frantz is most famous for having won the Tour de France in 1927 and 1928. He won 20 stages of the Tour during the years 1924-1929 and held the yellow jersey for 37 days. He came second overall in 1924 and 1926 and fifth in 1929. He also won the championship of Luxembourg (Championnat Luxembourg) for 12 consecutive years (1923-1934), as well as other championships, many of them no longer in existence.

In the 1928 Tour de France, Frantz wore the yellow jersey for the entire race, the only rider since Ottavio Bottecchia to have done so. In that race, the frame of Frantz’s bicycle broke during the 19th stage with 100km remaining. He borrowed an undersized, women’s bicycle to finish the stage, thereafter exchanging it for another Alcyon bicycle, which he rode to victory in Paris.

[edit] Major achievements

[edit] Literature

• François Guillaume, Du Tour de Frantz au Tour de Gaul (2nd ed.; Diekirch (Luxembourg): Editions APESS, 2006)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lucien Buysse	Winner of the Tour de France 1927-28	Succeeded by Maurice De Waele

v • d • e Tour de France Yellow jersey winners 1903 Maurice Garin · 1904 Henri Cornet · 1905 Louis Trousselier · 1906 René Pottier · 1907-1908 Lucien Petit-Breton · 1909 François Faber · 1910 Octave Lapize · 1911 Gustave Garrigou · 1912 Odile Defraye · 1913-1914 Philippe Thys · 1915-1918 World War I · 1919 Firmin Lambot · 1920 Philippe Thys · 1921 Léon Scieur · 1922 Firmin Lambot · 1923 Henri Pélissier · 1924-1925 Ottavio Bottecchia · 1926 Lucien Buysse · 1927-1928 Nicolas Frantz · 1929 Maurice De Waele · 1930 André Leducq · 1931 Antonin Magne · 1932 André Leducq · 1933 Georges Speicher · 1934 Antonin Magne · 1935 Romain Maes · 1936 Sylvère Maes · 1937 Roger Lapébie · 1938 Gino Bartali · 1939 Sylvère Maes · 1940-1946 World War II · 1947 Jean Robic · 1948 Gino Bartali · 1949 Fausto Coppi · 1950 Ferdinand Kübler · 1951 Hugo Koblet · 1952 Fausto Coppi · 1953-1955 Louison Bobet · 1956 Roger Walkowiak · 1957 Jacques Anquetil · 1958 Charly Gaul · 1959 Federico Bahamontes · 1960 Gastone Nencini · 1961-1964 Jacques Anquetil · 1965 Felice Gimondi · 1966 Lucien Aimar · 1967 Roger Pingeon · 1968 Jan Janssen · 1969-1972 Eddy Merckx · 1973 Luis Ocaña · 1974 Eddy Merckx · 1975 Bernard Thévenet · 1976 Lucien Van Impe · 1977 Bernard Thévenet · 1978-1979 Bernard Hinault · 1980 Joop Zoetemelk · 1981-1982 Bernard Hinault · 1983-1984 Laurent Fignon · 1985 Bernard Hinault · 1986 Greg LeMond · 1987 Stephen Roche · 1988 Pedro Delgado · 1989-1990 Greg LeMond · 1991-1995 Miguel Indurain · 1996 Bjarne Riis · 1997 Jan Ullrich · 1998 Marco Pantani · 1999-2005 Lance Armstrong · 2006 Óscar Pereiro · 2007 Alberto Contador