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Victor Fastre

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Victor Fastre
Fastre in 1909
Personal information
BornVictor Joseph Henri Fastre
19 May 1890
Liège, Belgium
Died12 September 1914(1914-09-12) (aged 24)
Rotselaar, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1910-11Alcyon-Dunlop
1912Sarolea
1913-14Individual
Major wins
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1909

Victor Joseph Henri Fastre (19 May 1890 – 12 September 1914) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1909.[1]

Personal life and death

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Fastre was son of Hubert Henri Joseph Fastre and his wife Marie Catherine Sophie (nee Leuwen). Enlisted in the Belgian Army in 1910, he was killed in action within Belgium during World War I.[2]

Palmarès

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1907
1st Bruxelles-Jemeppe
1909
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2nd Namur–Bruxelles
1910
1st Angleur–Tilff–Angleur
1911
1st Antwerpen–Kalmthout
1912
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

References

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  1. ^ "Victor Fastre". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ [1] Belgian War Dead Register, accessed 19 February 2022.
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