Antonin Magne

Antonin Magne , born the February 15th 1904 with Ytrac, dead the September 8th 1983 with Arcachon, is a runner cyclist French, known as Tonin-the-method . He made his classes in the Turn of France in 1927 in company of Andre Leducq. Its two victories in the Turn took a dramatic character due to its bad luck and its courage. In 1931, it gained magistralement with an exemplary obstinacy, in spite of its falls and the ceaseless attacks of Italian Pesanti and the Demuysère Belgian who left it exhausted. So much so that it did not take the departure of the Turn the following year. In 1934 it gained by showing its very big class after being saved with plusiers taken again by Rene Vietto, Georges Speicher and Roger Lapébie. He was the first winner of a stage individual against-the-watch in the Turn. He crowned his career by a great victory in the chanpionnat of the World on road in 1936 after having finished second of the Tour de France. Methodical and discrete serious runner it was considered and liked of the public.

It becomes after its personal career the sport director of Louison Bobet then of Raymond Poulidor.

He lived part of his life, with Livry-Gargan, in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2004 (centenary of its birth), the Tour de France paid homage to him by making a stage in the city.

Prize list

Sédis Challenge: 1934, 1936
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor: 1962
Tour de France: 1931, 1934 (2nd: 1936; 3rd: 1930) (9 stages; 38 days in yellow (record pre-war period); 2nd of the Grand Prix of the mountain 1933)
World champion on road: 1936 (2nd: 1933)
Grand Prix of the Nations: 1933, 1934, 1935
Paris-Saint-Quentin: 1926
Paris-Limoges: 1927, 1929
Grand Prix of Auvergne: 1929
Wolber Grand Prix: 1927 (against-the-watch by teams)
2nd of the championship of France on road professional: 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1936

Anecdote

He is the fifth cyclist of the Tour de France to have gained a stage at least 10 years after a first victory.

It is at the time of the 10th stage of the turn 1938 qu ' it joined Jean Alavoine, Henri Pelissier, Philippe Thys, Louis Mottiat and Antonin Magne in the search of victories of stages during 10 years and more. On this 1938, Antonin Magne Tour de France was classified ex-aequo with André Leducq at the time of the 21st stage. It could then have deprived its compatriot to appear among this historical list.

Rene Vietto, Gino Bartali, Andre Darrigade, Jean Stablinski, Raymond Poulidor, Felice Gimondi, Gerben Karstens, Ferdinand Bracke, Joaquim Agostinho, Lucien Van Impe, Lance Armstrong, Richard Virenque and Cédric Vasseur are the other cyclists to have republished this exploit.

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