Oscar Egg
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Egg |
| Born |
2 March 1890 Schlatt, Switzerland |
| Died | 9 February 1961 (aged 70) Nice, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1911 | Griffon |
| 1912–1914 | Peugeot |
| 1915–1916 | Individual |
| 1917–1919 | Bianchi |
| 1920–1926 | Individual |
| Major wins | |
| set the hour record 3 times 2 stages Tour de France (1914) 1 stage Giro d'Italia (1919) Paris Tours (1914) Milano–Torino (1917) |
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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.
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.
Major track victories include:
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