Louis Trousselier came third in the 1906 Tour de France and won 13 stages of the Tour de France over his career.
11 Facts About Louis Trousselier
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Louis Trousselier competed in the men's 25 kilometres event at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the Men's points race.
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Louis Trousselier rode his first Tour de France in 1905, taking a few days' official leave from his service as a soldier and depending on doing well to save himself from too strong a penalty - potentially as a deserter - when he got back much later.
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Louis Trousselier won with 35 points ahead of Hippolyte Aucouturier and Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq.
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Louis Trousselier rode the Tour well again in 1906 but never to the level of the previous year, nevertheless winning stages and finishing third.
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Louis Trousselier twice came second in the race and once third.
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Louis Trousselier came second in the 1906 Bol d'Or 24-hour race at the Velodrome Buffalo in Paris.
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Louis Trousselier rode a six-day event on the track, although he decided against specialising in what could have been a profitable career.
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Louis Trousselier stopped racing just before World War I and took over the family business.
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Louis Trousselier had an entertaining personality and a taste for practical jokes.
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Louis Trousselier was known for training with friends and stopping with them at the most expensive restaurant they could find.