Oscar Egg
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Egg |
| Date of birth | March 2, 1890 |
| Date of death | February 9, 1961 (aged 70) |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1911 1912–1914 1915–1916 1917–1919 1920–1926 |
Griffon Peugeot Individual Bianchi Individual |
| Major wins | |
| set the hour record 3 times 2 stages Tour de France (1914) 1 stage Giro d'Italia (1919) Paris Tours (1914) Milano-Torino (1917) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| July 27, 2007 | |
Oscar Egg (2 March 1890 in Schlatt, Switzerland - 9 February 1961 in Nice, France) was a Swiss track and road bicycle racer. He captured the world hour record three times before the First World War. He also won major road races and stages of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia.
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[edit] The hour record
Between 1907 and 1914 Oscar Egg and Marcel Berthet improved the hour record six times between them. Egg's 1914 mark of 44.247km then stood until 1933. Egg set all three of his records at the Vélodrome Buffalo in Paris. The track was a 333m outdoor track surfaced with concrete. The sequence was as follows:
- 20 Jun 1907, Marcel Berthet, Paris, 41.520km
- 22 Aug 1912, Oscar Egg, Paris, 42.122km
- 7 Aug 1913, Marcel Berthet, Paris, 42.741km
- 21 Aug 1913, Oscar Egg, Paris, 43.525km
- 20 Sep 1913, Marcel Berthet, Paris, 43.775km
- 18 Aug 1914, Oscar Egg, Paris, 44.247km
Only Chris Boardman has equalled Egg and Berthet's feat of taking the record three times.
[edit] Road racing
In 1911 Egg participated in the Tour de France des indépendants winning three stages (the 8th, 10th and 11th).
He first rode the Tour de France in 1912. In the 1914 running of the event he won stages 4 (Brest-La Rochelle, 470km) and 5 (La Rochelle-Bayonne, 379km). He was 13th overall on general classification.
In 1914 he won the classic Paris-Tours road race. In 1917 he won the Milano-Torino road race.
In 1919 he won the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.
[edit] Track racing
Major track victories include:
- 1914 Chicago six day race
- 1915 Chicago six day race with Francesco Verri
- 1916 New York six day race with Marcel Dupuy
- 1921 New York six day race with Piet Van Kempen
- 1921 Paris six day race with Georges Sérès père
- 1922 Six Days of Ghent with Marcel Buysse
- 1923 Paris six day race with Piet Van Kempen
- 1923 Chicago six day race with Maurice Brocco
- 1924 Chicago six day race with Alfred Grenda
- 1924 Bol d'Or
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Marcel Berthet |
UCI hour record (42.122 km) 22 August 1912-7 August 1913 |
Succeeded by Marcel Berthet |
| Preceded by Marcel Berthet |
UCI hour record (43.525 km) 21 August 1913-20 September 1913 |
Succeeded by Marcel Berthet |
| Preceded by Marcel Berthet |
UCI hour record (44.247 km) 18 August 1914-25 August 1933 |
Succeeded by Jan Van Hout |
