GP Wolber

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GP Wolber
Race details
Date Late September/early October
(1930 and 1931 in June)
Region France
Type One-day race
History
First edition 1922 (1922)
Editions 10
Final edition 1931
First winner  Heiri Suter (SUI)
Most wins  Heiri Suter (SUI)
Final winner  Romain Gijssels (BEL)

The GP Wolber was a French cycling event in the 1920s. It was considered a kind of unofficial World Championship. Only cyclists who finished in the top-3 of the major French, Italian, Belgian and Swiss races were invited. The first GP Wolber was held in 1922. When the World Cycling Championship was introduced in 1927 the race started to lose prestige. The last edition took place in 1931.

Palmares

YearRider
1922  Heiri Suter (SUI)
1923  Emile Masson Sr. (BEL)
1924  Costante Girardengo (ITA)
1925  Heiri Suter (SUI)
1926  Francis Pélissier (FRA)
1927 France Alleluia Team[1]
1928  Julien Vervaecke (BEL)
1929  Alfred Hamerlinck (BEL)
1930  Georges Ronsse (BEL)
1931  Romain Gijssels (BEL)

Notes

  1. In 1927, the GP Wolber was run as a team race. The Alleluia Team consisted of Antonin Magne, Pierre Magne, Julien Moineau, Marius Gallotini, Arsène Alancourt and André Cauet.)
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