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Firmin Lambot
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Key facts
- Full name
- Firmin Lambot
- Nickname
- L'Homme de Florennes (The Man from Florennes )
- Born
- ( 1886-03-14 ) 14 March 1886, Florennes , Belgium
- Died
- 19 January 1964 (1964-01-19) (aged 77), Borgerhout , Belgium
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Florennes
- Place of death
- Borgerhout
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Participant in
- Tour de France
- Sport
- cycle sport
- Member of team
- Peugeot cycling team
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Image
- Firmin Lambot.jpg
- Height
- 170
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- Firmin Lambot
- date of birth
- 1886-03-14
- date of death
- 1964-01-19
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Encyclopedic overview
Firmin Lambot ( pronounced [fiʁ.mɛ̃ lɑ̃.bo]; 14 March 1886 – 19 January 1964) was a Belgian bicycle racer who twice won the Tour de France.
Born in the small town of Florennes, Lambot worked as a saddler. He worked 12 hours a day, starting at 6am. He bought his first bicycle at 17 and began riding 50 km a day to and from work. His first race was in a local village; he won five francs as first prize. He then bought a racing bike.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Firmin Lambot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.