Hippolyte Aucouturier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French cyclist
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Place of Birth: La Celle, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France
About Hippolyte Aucouturier
- Hippolyte Aucouturier (17 October 1876 in La Celle, Allier, France – 22 April 1944 in Paris, France) was a French professional road bicycle racer.
- Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France.
- He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904.
- His elder brother Francois was also a racing cyclist. Aucouturier was an outspoken man whom the Tour organiser, Henri Desgrange, referred to in L'Auto as Le Terrible.
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