Félix Sellier

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Félix Sellier
Sellier in 1925
Personal information
Full nameFélix Sellier
Nicknamele minneur
Born(1893-01-02)2 January 1893
Spy, Belgium
Died16 April 1965(1965-04-16) (aged 72)
Gembloux, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Paris–Brussels (1922, 1923, 1924)
Paris–Roubaix (1925)
Belgian National Road Race Champion
3 stages Tour de France

Félix Sellier (2 January 1893 in Spy – 16 April 1965 in Gembloux) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Stage victory in 1921 Tour de France

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In the 1921 Tour de France, the cyclists were separated in two classes, the sponsored riders and the unsponsored riders. For the thirteenth stage, these classes started separated, partly because the Tour organisers wanted to punish the sponsored riders for not attacking the leader Léon Scieur,[1] and partly because the leader in the second class was helped by cyclists in the first class.[2] Sellier was one of the riders in the second class, and therefore could start two hours earlier than the favourites. Some of the second class cyclists including Sellier stayed ahead, and Sellier managed to win the stage.[3] Sellier would finish 8th overall of the second class cyclists, and 16th in the overall combined classification.

In the next year, Sellier started the Tour de France as sponsored cyclist. He again won a stage, but this time he had started at the same time as everybody else. He finished the race in third place.

Sellier discussing with a car driver after a collision during the 1920 Tour de France

Major results

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1912 Binche-Tournai-Binche 1919 Tour of Belgium (independents) 1920 Marchienne-au-Pont Mellet Moustier 1921 Jemeppe-Bastogne-Jemeppe Tour de France: Winner stage 13 1922 Tour de France: Winner stage 14 3rd overall classification Paris–Brussels Arlon-Oostende 1923 Criterium du midi Belgium Belgian National Road Race Championships Paris–Brussels 1924 Gembloux Oupeye Paris-Lyon Tour of Belgium Paris–Brussels 1925 Gembloux GP de soissons Paris–Roubaix 1926 Belgium Belgian National Road Race Championships Tour de France: Winner stage 4 1927 Gembloux 1928 Six days of Brussels (with Henri Duray) St. Servais

References

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  1. ^ "15ème Tour de France 1921" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  2. ^ Henk Leenaers (2003). "Vergeten Tour-winnaar uit Tongeren" (in Dutch). Fiets. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  3. ^ "15ème Tour de France 1921 – 13ème étape" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
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