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Benoît Faure

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Benoît Faure
Benoît Faure in the 1932 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameBenoît Faure
NicknameLa Souris (the mouse)
Born(1899-01-11)11 January 1899
Saint-Marcellin, France
Died16 June 1980(1980-06-16) (aged 81)
Montbrison, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
One stage 1930 Tour de France
Critérium International

Benoît Faure (11 January 1899, in Saint-Marcellin – 16 June 1980, in Montbrison) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Benoît Faure was a brother of cyclists Eugène Faure and Francis Faure.

Major results

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1927
Circuit du Forez
1929
GP de Thizy
Tour de France:
Winner stage 13
1930
Circuit du Bourbonnais
Lyon-Geneve-Lyon
Tour de France:
8th place overall classification
1932
Paris - Caen
1936
Paris - Nantes
1939
Marseille - Toulon - Marseille
1941
Critérium International
GP d'Espéraza
Coupe Marcel Vergeat
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