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| Full name | André Leducq | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Le joyeux Dédé (The joyful Dédé) Dédé gueule d'amour et muscles d'acier | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1904-02-27)27 February 1904 Saint-Ouen, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 June 1980(1980-06-18) (aged 76) Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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André Leducq (pronounced[ɑ̃.dʁelə.dyk]; 27 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event[1] and the1928 Paris–Roubaix.[2]
Leducq was born inSaint-Ouen. He was world champion in 1924 as anamateur before turning professional in 1927. The following year he wonParis–Roubaix and was second in the Tour de France, becoming popular for his humour. His other victories included two Tours de France (he won 25 stages in nine rides) and the 1931Paris–Tours. He has the fourth-highest number of stage wins in the Tour de France (behindEddy Merckx,Bernard Hinault, andMark Cavendish).
After his retirement, he founded a professional cycling team that raced in the 1950s.
1st overall1st overall| 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |
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| Giro d'Italia | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mountains classification | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 31 | DNE | 17 | DNE | DNE | 30 |
| Stages won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Mountains classification | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | NR | — | NR | — | — | NR |
| Vuelta a España | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNE | DNE | N/A | N/A |
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| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did not enter |
| DNF-x | Did not finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did not start (not started on stage x) |
| HD-x | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not ranked in this classification |
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