Charles Pélissier

Charles Pélissier
Personal information
Full name	Charles Pélissier
Nickname	Valentino; Brummel
Born	20 February 1903; Paris, France
Died	28 May 1959 (aged 56); Paris, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 16 individual stages (1929, 1930, 1931, 1935)

Charles Pélissier (20 February 1903 – 28 May 1959) was a French racing cyclist, between 1922 and 1939, winning 16 stages in the Tour de France. The number of eight stages won in the 1930 Tour de France is still a record, shared with Eddy Merckx (1970, 1974) and Freddy Maertens (1976). In addition to his 8-stage wins that year, Pélissier also finished second place 7 times.^[2] In the 1931 Tour de France after stage 5, he shared the lead for one day with Rafaele di Paco.^[3] Pélissier was the younger brother of racing cyclists Francis Pélissier and Henri Pélissier. Pélissier was born and died in Paris.

Major results[edit]

1925

Paris-Arras

1926

France national cyclo-cross champion

1927

France national cyclo-cross champion

Mont-Faron

1928

France national cyclo-cross champion

1929

Tour de France:

Winner stage 16

GP du Mathonnais

1930

Tour de France:

Winner stages 1, 3, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20 and 21 (record on an edition)

9th place overall classification

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

1931

Tour de France:

Winner stages 5, 8, 13, 16 and 24

Wearing yellow jersey for two days (one joint with Rafaele di Paco)

1933

Critérium des As

1934

Circuit de Paris

1935

Tour de France:

Winner stages 2 and 12

1938: Derby de St Germain

References[edit]

^ Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis… le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ "Le Tour en chiffres Les autres records" (PDF) (in French). LeTour.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 2008-03-17. Leading up to the Pyrenees, Italy's ace sprinter Rafaelo di Paco dueled with France's Charles Pélissier for stage wins and the lead. After stage 5 they shared the lead for a single day.