Maurice Brocco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Road bicycle racer
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Place of Birth: Fismes, Grand Est, France
About Maurice Brocco
- Maurice Brocco (28 January 1883, in Fismes – 26 June 1965, in Erigné) was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1906 and 1927.
- He was born into a family of Swiss-Italian immigrants.
- In 1911 he won a stage in the Tour de France.
- He participated six times in the Tour de France, but finished the race only once.
- In his later career he was successful in six-day races. In the 1911 Tour de France, Brocco did not finish the ninth stage.
- Brocco then profited from a rule that allowed riders who did not finish a stage to continue racing, without competing for the general classification.
- The next stage was won by Brocco.
- Brocco was the only cyclist to profit from that rule, as it was abolished afterwards.
- He would eventually be disqualified from the race.
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