Paul Chocque
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Paul Chocque (14 July 1910 – 4 September 1949) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in team pursuit event.[1]
In 1934 Chocque traveled to Australia with Fernand Mithouard to compete in the Centenary 1000, one week road bicycle race over seven stages covering Script error: No such module "convert".. The race was run in as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of Victoria.[2] Nino Borsari a member of the Italian gold medal-winning team pursuit at the 1932 Summer Olympics also competed. Chocque was in the lead at the Ballarat sprint in stage 3 when he was struck, causing him to crash, breaking his collarbone, forcing him to abandon.[3]
Chocque performed as a professional for numerous teams from 1933 to 1949. He finished seventh and claimed two stage victories in the 1937 Tour de France, his second appearance. He also had a number of successful finishes in historic road races, including the 1936 Bordeaux-Paris victory and the 1937 Paris-Tours fourth-place finish. Chocque won the cyclo-cross French championship in 1936 and 1938. After falling during a motorized race at Paris' Parc des Princes, he died aged 39.[4]
Major results
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- 1932
- Template:Silver2 1932 Summer Olympics, Team pursuit
- 1933
- Circuit des Deux-Sèvres
- GP Wolber
- Circuit de Paris
- Critérium International
- Critérium National de la Route
- Mont Valérien
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- Bordeaux–Paris
- 1936
- Critérium International
- 1937
- Derby de St Germain
- Fourmies
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 16 and 18B
- 7th place overall classification
- 1938
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References
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External links
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Cycling Archives (archive)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
- Official Tour de France results for Paul Chocque
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- French male cyclists
- 1910 births
- 1949 deaths
- French Tour de France stage winners
- Olympic cyclists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- French track cyclists
- French cyclo-cross cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Sportspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists from Île-de-France
- 20th-century French sportsmen