Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Felix Sellier

Felix Sellier
Felix Sellier ( 1893 - 1965) was a Belgian professional road cyclist. His professional racing career was during the years 1912 through 1928.

Sellier won the 13th stage of the 1921 Tour de France.  The 1921 Tour de France riders were classified into two categories, sponsored and non-sponsored riders. He was racing as an non-sponsored rider. The non-sponsored riders began the stages two hours before the sponsored riders. Sellier finished the 1921 tour in 8th place of the non-sponsored riders and 16th place overall of all the riders.

At the the 1922 Tour de France Felix Sellier raced as a sponsored rider and started the stages at the same time as the other favorites. He won a stage and finished the tour in 3rd place overall in the general classification.

Sellier won one more stage of the Tour de France in 1926. He won stage 4 that year.

Years 1923 and 1926 were successful years for Felix Sellier in his home land of Belgium. Those years he won the Belgian National Road Race Championships.
Felix Sellier

Felix Sellier



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