Roger Rondeaux

Roger Rondeaux (April 15, 1920 in Mareuil-le-Port

Mareuil-le-Port

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, France

France

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 – January 24, 1999 in La Rochelle

La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...

, France

France

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) is a former cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...

 racer from France

France

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 who was a professional from 1947 to 1958. Rondeaux won the World Cyclo-cross Championships

World Cyclo-cross Championships

The first recognised UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships took place in Paris in 1950 and was won by Jean Robic, of France. Between 1950 and 1966 the championship was open to both amateurs and professionals. From 1967 to 1993 two separate championships were organised - one for amateurs and one for...

 three times in 1951, 1952, and 1953, was Cyclo-cross Champion of France seven times between 1947 and 1954. Rondeaux had been beaten in the first edition of the Cyclo-cross world championships by Jean Robic

Jean Robic

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in a sprint.