Émile Idée

Emile Idée
Personal information
Full nameEmile Idée
Born (1920-07-19) 19 July 1920 (age 104)
Nouvion-le-Comte, Hauts-de-France, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1941–1946Alcyon–Dunlop
1946–1947La Perle–Hutchinson
1947Olmo–Fulgor
1948–1952Peugeot–Dunlop
Major wins
Critérium International (5x)
French National Road Race Champion (2x)

Émile Idée (born 19 July 1920) is a French former professional road bicycle racer.[1][2] Idée is a five-time winner of the Critérium National (a race that saw its name changed to Critérium International in 1979), a record he shares with Raymond Poulidor and Jens Voigt. He finished in second place in the 1948 Paris–Roubaix.[3]

Major results

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1940
1st Critérium National de la Route
1942
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Critérium National de la Route
1st Paris-Reims [fr]
1st Grand Prix des Nations (occupied zone)
1st GP de Provence
1943
1st Critérium National de la Route
5th Grand Prix des Nations
1944
1st Circuit de Paris [fr]
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix des Nations
1945
3rd Paris–Tours
3rd Critérium National de la Route
1946
2nd Grand Prix des Nations
1947
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Critérium National de la Route
1st Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
2nd Paris–Tours
2nd Critérium des As
2nd Grand Prix des Nations
1948
1st Trophée du Journal d'Alger
2nd Paris–Roubaix
2nd Critérium National de la Route
3rd Paris–Tours
1949
1st Critérium National de la Route
1st Stage 13 Tour de France
8th GP de Suisse
1950
1st Cote de Gourdon
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Grand Prix des Nations
5th Paris–Tours
6th GP Lugano
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Paris–Brussels
1951
1st Stage 4a Paris–Nice

References

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  1. ^ UNE PLÉIADE DE CHAMPIONS Avec Émile Idée, 92 ans, en tête! 25/06/2012
  2. ^ Émile Idée, bon pied bon oeil ! Publié le 26/06/2012 "A bientôt 92 ans, le Picard s'est vu récompensé par la médaille d'honneur que lui a remis David Lappartient, Président de la Fédération Française de Cyclisme."
  3. ^ "46th Paris – Roubaix, 1948". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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