Odile Defraye (; ; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time.http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1912.php Veloarchive.com 1912 Tour de France He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes.
In the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed.http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/defraye_odiel.php Memoire du cyclisme
Other major wins include the 1913 Milan–San Remo, a one-day classic, and four stages and the overall for the 1912 Tour of Belgium.
Career achievements Major results
1908 1st Tour of Flanders (Amateur edition) 1910 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1911 1st National Road Championships - Road race 1912 Winner Tour de France 1st Stages 2, 7 & 9 Winner Tour of Belgium 1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 7 3rd l'Étoile Carolorégienne 5th Paris-Roubaix 1913 1st Milan–San Remo 1914 Tour of Belgium Stage 6 1921 Tour of Belgium Stage 6
Grand Tour results timeline 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924Giro d'Italia DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE N/A N/A N/A N/A DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNEStages won — — — — — — — — — — — —Tour de France DNF-2 DNE DNE 1 DNF-6 DNF-10 N/A N/A N/A N/A DNF-4 DNF-3 DNE DNE DNE DNF-6Stages won 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 — — — 0Vuelta a España N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AStages won
References