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{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = Odile Defraye
| image         = Odiel Defraeye.jpg
| fullname      = Odile Defraye
| nickname      = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=yes|1888|07|14}}
| birth_place   = [[Rumbeke]], [[West Flanders]], [[Belgium]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|df=yes|1965|08|21|1888|07|14}}
| death_place   = [[Walloon Brabant]], [[Belgium]]
| height        = 
| weight        = 
| currentteam   = 
| discipline    = Road
| role          = Rider
| ridertype     = 
| amateuryears1 = 
| amateurteam1  = 
| proyears1     = 
| proteam1      = 
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::'''[[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]''' ([[1912 Tour de France|1912]])
::[[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]] ([[1912 Tour de France|1912]])
::3 individual stages ([[1912 Tour de France|1912]])
'''[[Race stage|Stage races]]'''
: [[Tour of Belgium]] (1912)
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' <br />
:[[Belgian National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1911)
:[[Milan–San Remo]] ([[1913 Milan–San Remo|1913]])
:[[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]] (1910)
}}

'''Odile Defraye''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔ.dil dɛ.fʁɛj|pron}}; {{langx|nl|Odiel Defraeye}}; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[road bicycle racing|road racing cyclist]] who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 [[Tour de France]], which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time.<ref>http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1912.php Veloarchive.com 1912 Tour de France</ref> He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join [[Alcyon]]'s all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes.

In the [[1913 Tour de France]], Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the [[Tourmalet]] to Stage 6 and eventual winner [[Philippe Thys (cyclist)|Philippe Thys]]. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed.<ref>http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/defraye_odiel.php Memoire du cyclisme</ref>

Other major wins include the 1913 [[Milan–San Remo]], a one-day classic, and four stages and the overall for the 1912 [[Tour of Belgium]].

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1908
: 1st [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] (Amateur edition)
;1910
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow flanders.svg|20px]] [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]]
;1911
: 1st [[File:MaillotBélgica.PNG|20px]]  [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|National Road Championships]] - Road race
;1912
:[[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px]] Winner [[1912 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
:: 1st Stages 2, 7 & 9
: [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Winner [[Tour of Belgium]]
:: 1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 7
:3rd l'Étoile Carolorégienne
:5th [[1912 Paris-Roubaix|Paris-Roubaix]]
;1913
: 1st [[1913 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
;1914
: [[Tour of Belgium]]
::Stage 6
;1921
: [[Tour of Belgium]]
::Stage 6
{{div col end}}

=== Grand Tour results timeline ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|
! scope="col" | 1909
! scope="col" | 1910
! scope="col" | 1911
! scope="col" | 1912
! scope="col" | 1913
! scope="col" | 1914
! scope="col" | 1915
! scope="col" | 1916
! scope="col" | 1917
! scope="col" | 1918
! scope="col" | 1919
! scope="col" | 1920
! scope="col" | 1921
! scope="col" | 1922
! scope="col" | 1923
! scope="col" | 1924
|-
![[Giro d'Italia]]
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
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|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|-
|align="right" |Stages won
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
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|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
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|align="center"| —
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|-
![[Tour de France]]
|align="center" style="background:#AAAAAA;"| [[1909 Tour de France|DNF-2]]
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" | DNE
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"| [[1912 Tour de France|1]]
|align="center" style="background:#AAAAAA;"| [[1913 Tour de France|DNF-6]]
|align="center" style="background:#AAAAAA;"| [[1914 Tour de France|DNF-10]]
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|align="center" style="background:#AAAAAA;"| [[1919 Tour de France|DNF-4]]
|align="center" style="background:#AAAAAA;"| [[1920 Tour de France|DNF-3]]
| align="center" | DNE
| align="center" | DNE
| align="center" | DNE
|align="center" style="background:#AAAAAA;"| [[1924 Tour de France|DNF-6]]
|-
|align="right" |Stages won
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 0
|-
![[Vuelta a España]]
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
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|rowspan=2 align="center" style="color:#888888;"| N/A
|-
|align="right" |Stages won
|}
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== References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tour de France Yellow Jersey}}
{{Milan–San Remo winners}}
{{Belgian National Road Race Championships (men)}}
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[[Category:1888 births]]
[[Category:1965 deaths]]
[[Category:Cyclists from Roeselare]]
[[Category:Belgian male cyclists]]
[[Category:Tour de France winners]]
[[Category:Belgian Tour de France stage winners]]