Georges Paillard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French cyclist
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Place of Birth: Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné, Pays de la Loire, France
About Georges Paillard
- Georges Auguste Joseph Paillard (12 February 1904 – 22 April 1998) was a French cyclist.
- He won two UCI Motor-paced World Championships in the professionals division in 1929 and 1932 and finished in second place in 1930.
- Before turning professional in 1923 he competed in sprint at the 1920 Summer Olympics but failed to reach the finals.
- As a road cyclist, he won the races of Paris-Dieppe and Rouen-Le Havre in 1923 and Critérium des As in 1937.On 29 March 1937 he set a world speed record at 137.404 km per hour behind a motorcycle pacer on the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry.
- In 1949, he set the hour record at 96.48 km.
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| Description | French | ||
| Work period | between 1909 and 1937 | ||
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