Lucien Petit-Breton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLucien Petit-Breton
French cyclist
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Place of Birth: Plessé, Pays de la Loire, France
About Lucien Petit-Breton
- Lucien Georges Mazan (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917) was a French racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton, pronounced [ly.sj?~ p?.ti.b??.t?~]). He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire.
- When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he took the nationality.
- His cycling career started when he won a bike in a lottery at the age of sixteen.
- As his father wanted him to do a 'real' job, he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton for races, to deceive his father.
- Later he changed it to Petit-Breton, because there already was another cyclist called Lucien Breton.
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