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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Odile Defraye | 
| Born | 14 July 1888 Rumbeke, West Flanders, Belgium | 
| Died | 21 August 1965 (aged 77) Walloon Brabant, Belgium | 
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours 
 
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Odile Defraye (pronounced [ɔ.dil dɛ.fʁɛj]; Dutch: Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time.[1] He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes.
In the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed.[2]
Other major wins include the 1913 Milan–San Remo, a one-day classic, and four stages and the overall for the 1912 Tour of Belgium.
Career achievements
Major results
- 1908
- 1st Tour of Flanders (Amateur edition)
- 1910
- 1st  Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1911
- 1st  National Road Championships - Road race National Road Championships - Road race
- 1912
 Winner Tour de France Winner Tour de France- 1st Stages 2, 7 & 9
 
 Winner Tour of Belgium Winner Tour of Belgium- 1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 7
 
- 3rd l'Étoile Carolorégienne
- 5th Paris-Roubaix
- 1913
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1914
- Tour of Belgium
- Stage 6
 
- 1921
- Tour of Belgium
- Stage 6
 
Grand Tour results timeline
| 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | 
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tour de France | DNF-2 | DNE | DNE | 1 | DNF-6 | DNF-10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNF-4 | DNF-3 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNF-6 | 
| Stages won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
| Vuelta a España | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 
| Stages won | 
| 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 | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) | 
| DSQ | Disqualified | 
| N/A | Race/classification not held | 
| NR | Not ranked in this classification | 
References
- ↑ http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1912.php Veloarchive.com 1912 Tour de France
- ↑ http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/defraye_odiel.php Memoire du cyclisme