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    Alfred Letourneur (born 25 July 1907 in Amiens, France and died 4 January 1975 in New York City) was a French professional cyclist. He is known for setting...
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    Walthour, US; Franco Giorgetti, Italy; Gérard Debaets, Belgium; and Alfred Letourneur, France, were making from $500 to $750 a day. Amateurs who had just...
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    Days of Berlin and the Six Days of Ghent had more runnings. Australian Alfred Goullet and Italian Franco Giorgetti hold the record with eight wins each...
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  • efforts to bring all frame production into the factory. On 17 May 1941, Alfred Letourneur was able to beat the motor-paced world speed record on a bicycle,...
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    Chicago-2 (with Alfred Letourneur) 3rd Six Days of Philadelphia-2 (with Alfred Letourneur) 1933 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Alfred Letourneur) 1934 1st...
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    efforts to bring all frame production into the factory. On 17 May 1941, Alfred Letourneur was able to beat the motor-paced world speed record on a bicycle,...
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  • October 1938, Alfred Letourneur reached 147 km/h at a velodrome in Montlhéry, France, riding behind a motorbike. On 17 May 1941 Letourneur broke the record...
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  • 1955 marker of the Wally Byam Caravan Club shows Alfred Letourneur towing a 1947 airstream trailer....
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    Danneels) 1938 1st Six Days of Buffalo (with Alfred Letourneur) 1st Six Days of Chicago (with Alfred Letourneur) 1939 1st Six Days of London (with Karel Kaers)...
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    (1911–), world record holder of the fastest centenarian cycling 100 km Alfred Letourneur, (1907–1975), cyclist, world speed record holder on flat ground and...
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