Full name Oscar Egg 1915–1916 Individual Discipline Road and track 1917–1919 Bianchi | 1911 Griffon Name Oscar Egg 1912–1914 Peugeot Role Bicycler | |
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Born 2 March 1890
Schlatt, Switzerland ( 1890-03-02 ) Died February 9, 1961, Nice, France | ||
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Oscar Egg (2 March 1890 – 9 February 1961) was a Swiss track and road bicycle racer. He captured the world hour record three times before the First World War. He also won major road races and stages of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia.
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The hour record
Between 1907 and 1914 Oscar Egg and Marcel Berthet improved the hour record six times between them. Egg's 1914 mark of 44.247 km then stood until 1933. Egg set all three of his records at the Vélodrome Buffalo in Paris. The track was a 333m outdoor track surfaced with concrete. The sequence was as follows:
Only Chris Boardman has equalled Egg and Berthet's feat of taking the record three times.
Track racing
Major track victories include:
References
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