Paul Duboc

Paul Duboc

Paul Duboc
Personal information
Full name	Paul Duboc
Nickname	La pomme (The Apple)
Born	(1884-04-02)2 April 1884 Rouen, France
Died	19 August 1941(1941-08-19) (aged 57) Paris, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 5 individual stages (1909, 1911)

Paul Duboc (2 April 1884 – 19 August 1941) was a French professional road bicycle racer from 1907 through 1927. Despite winning 5 career stages in the Tour de France, he may be most remembered for being disqualified at the 1919 Tour de France for borrowing a car to go and repair his pedal axle. In 1911, Duboc was close to winning the Tour de France, when he became ill after drinking from a poisoned bottle given to him. His fans were blaming the classification leader Gustave Garrigou, and the Tour organizers advised Garrigou to ride under disguise. Duboc would end the 1911 Tour de France in second place, his best result.

Major results

1907

Paris-Rungis

1908

11th, Overall, Tour de France

1909 – Alcyon

1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium

4th, Overall, Tour de France

1st, Stage 13, (Brest - Caen, 415 km)

2nd, Stage 10, (Bayonne - Bordeaux, 269 km)

3rd, Stage 6, (Grenoble - Nice, 345 km)

1911

2nd, Overall, Tour de France

1st, Stage 8, (Marseille - Perpignan, 335 km)

1st, Stage 9, (Perpignan - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 289 km)

1st, Stage 11, (Bayonne - La Rochelle, 379 km)

1st, Stage 14, (Cherbourg - Le Havre, 361 km)

1914

31st, Overall, Tour de France

1919

8th, Overall, Tour de France (but later disqualified)

1923

18th, Overall, Tour de France

1926

27th, Overall, Tour de France

External links

• Paul Duboc at Cycling Archives (archive)