Odile Defraye

Odile Defraye (pronounced [ɔ.dil dɛ.fʁɛj]; Dutch: Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time. He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes.

Odile Defraye

Personal information
Full name	Odile Defraye
Born	(1888-07-14)14 July 1888 Rumbeke, West Flanders, Belgium
Died	21 August 1965(1965-08-21) (aged 77) Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1912) Mountains classification (1912) 3 individual stages (1912) Stage races Tour of Belgium (1912) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1911) Milan–San Remo (1913) Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1910)

In the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed.

Other major wins include the 1913 Milan–San Remo, a one-day classic, and four stages and the overall for the 1912 Tour of Belgium.

Career achievements

Major results

1908

1st Tour of Flanders (Amateur edition)

1910

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1911

1st National Road Championships - Road race

1912

Winner Tour de France

1st Stages 2, 7 & 9

Winner Tour of Belgium

1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 7

3rd l'Étoile Carolorégienne

5th Paris-Roubaix

1913

1st Milan–San Remo

1914

Tour of Belgium

Stage 6

1921

Tour of Belgium

Stage 6

Grand Tour results timeline

	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Giro d'Italia	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	—	—	—	—	—	—					—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF-2	DNE	DNE	1	DNF-6	DNF-10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	DNF-4	DNF-3	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNF-6
Stages won	0	0	0	3	0	0					0	0	—	—	—	0
Vuelta a España	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stages won

Legend

1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did not enter
DNF-x	Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x	Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD	Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not ranked in this classification