Francis Pélissier (13 June 1894 – 22 February 1959) was a French professional road racing cyclist from Paris. He was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Henri Pélissier, and the older brother of Tour de France stage winner Charles Pélissier. He won several classic cycle races like Paris–Tours, Bordeaux–Paris and Grand Prix Wolber. He also won the French National Road Race Championship three times (1921, 1923 and 1924) as well as two stages at the Tour de France.
Major results
1919 Tour de France: Winner stage 3 Nancy-Brussels 1920 Tour du Sud-Est 1921 Circuit Aisne-Oise national road race champion Paris–Tours 1922 Bordeaux–Paris 1923 national road race champion 1924 national road race champion Bordeaux–Paris Tour of the Basque Country 1926 GP Wolber Critérium des As Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, Cyclo-cross 1927 Tour de France: Winner stage 1 Wearing yellow jersey for five days
See also List of doping cases in cycling
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