OCTAVE LAPIZE

'Octave Lapize' (October 24, 1887 in Montrouge – July 14, 1917 Toul) was a French professional road racing cyclist who is most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the Men's 100 kilometres. In addition, he is a 3-time winner of the one-day classic, Paris-Roubaix.
A fighter pilot in the French army, Octave Lapize died in 1917, when his plane was shot down over Verdun.
He is noted for looking at some Tour officials on a climb in the 1910 Tour de France and yelling, "Vous êtes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!' (French for 'You are murderers! Yes, murderers!')"[1]

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Palmares

Palmares

;1908
: Summer Olympics Men's 100 kilometres - Bronze Medal
;1909
: Paris-Roubaix, 1st Place
;1910
: Tour de France - 1st Overall and 4 stage wins (Stage 5, 9, 10, 14)
: Paris-Roubaix, 1st Place
;1911
: Paris-Roubaix, 1st Place
: Paris-Tours, 1st Place
: Paris-Brussels, 1st Place
: French National Championships, 1st Place
;1912
: Tour de France - Stage 6 win
: Paris-Brussels, 1st Place
: French National Championships, 1st Place
;1913
: Paris-Brussels, 1st Place
: French National Championships, 1st Place
;1914
: Tour de France - Stage 8 win