Lucien Lazarides
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Lucien Lazaridès was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 professional road bicycle racer. Lazaridès was born with Greek nationality, but became French in 1929. Lucien Lazaridès was an older brother of cyclist Apo Lazaridès
Apo Lazarides
Apo Lazaridès , was a Greek-born French champion cyclist.Born Jean-Apôtre Lazaridès in Marles-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais of Greek ancestries , he cycled in the mountains as a boy...

. Lazaridès won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1949, and reached the podium of the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

 in 1951. Later in his career, he won two Tour de France stages.

Palmarès

1949
Nice - Mont Agel
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1951
Tour de France
1951 Tour de France
The 1951 Tour de France was the 38th Tour de France, taking place from July 4 to July 29, 1951. It consisted of 24 stages over 4690 km, ridden at an average speed of 32.949 km/h....

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3rd place overall classification

1954
Tour de France
1954 Tour de France
The 1954 Tour de France was the 41st Tour de France, taking place from July 8 to August 1, 1954. It consisted of 23 stages over 4656 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.229 km/h....

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Winner stage 17

1955
Tour de France
1955 Tour de France
The 1955 Tour de France was the 42nd Tour de France, taking place from July 7 to July 30, 1955. It consisted of 22 stages over 4495 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.446 km/h....

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Winner stage 10


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