André Leducq

André Leducq

André Leducq photographed by Agence Meurisse in 1929
Personal information
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
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1930, 1932) 25 individual stages (1927-1933, 1935, 1938) Stage races Critérium International (1933) One-day races and Classics National Amateur Championships (1925) Paris–Roubaix (1928) Paris–Tours (1931) Paris–Troyes (1923) Paris–Le Havre (1928) Paris–Caen (1930) Critérium des As (1934)
Medal record Representing France Men's road bicycle racing Olympic Games 1924 Paris team time trial World Championships 1924 Paris Amateur's Road Race

André Leducq (pronounced [ɑ̃.dʁe lə.dyk]; 27 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event and the 1928 Paris–Roubaix.

Career

Leducq helped by Speicher in 1933

Leducq was born in Saint-Ouen. He was world champion in 1924 as an amateur before turning professional in 1927. The following year he won Paris–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 1931 Paris–Tours. He has the fourth-highest number of stage wins in the Tour de France (behind Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Mark Cavendish).

After his retirement, he founded a professional cycling team that raced in the 1950s.

Career achievements

Major results

1927

Tour de France

4th overall

Stage 6, 23 and 24 wins

1928

Tour de France

2nd overall

Stage 2, 10, 11 and 16 wins

Paris–Roubaix

1929

Tour de France

1 day in yellow jersey

Stage 2, 11, 17, 18 and 21 wins

1930

Tour de France

1st overall

13 days in yellow jersey

Stage 5 and 16 wins

1931

Tour de France

10th overall

Stage 20 win

Paris–Tours

1932

Tour de France

1st overall

19 days in yellow jersey

Stage 3, 11, 13, 15, 20 and 21 wins

1933

Tour de France

31st overall

Stage 13 and 14 wins

Critérium International

1935

Tour de France

17th overall

Stage 18b ITT win

1938

Tour de France

2 days in yellow jersey

Stage 21 win (joint with Antonin Magne)

Grand Tour results timeline

	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938
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
Stages won									—	—
Mountains classification									—	—

Legend

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

External links

• Complete results (in French)
• "Historical photo". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
• André Leducq at Cycling Archives (archived)