Paul Guignard (FRA)

Paul Guignard has a very long and successful career as a professional cyclist from 1894 until 1921. Guignard mainly specialized in motor-paced racing.  In this discipline, he won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the worlds in 1913, 1905 and 1921, as well as European titles in 1905, 1906, 1909 and 1912.

Guignard began his cycling career as a road racer and in 1895 won the Paris-Besancon 417 km race. After completing his military service he briefly raced as a pilot and won the “Grand Prix of Algiers”. He returned to cycling in 1904 and on 8 April 1905 set a new world record in the one-hour race at 89.904 km (behind a pacer). He won his last medal at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1921, aged 45.

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