Antonin Magne

Antonin Magne

Magne in 1931
Personal information
Full name	Antonin Magne
Nickname	Tonin le sage (Tonin the Sage), Tonin le taciturne (Tonin the Taciturn)[1]
Born	(1904-01-15)15 January 1904 Ytrac, France
Died	8 September 1983(1983-09-08) (aged 79) Arcachon, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1931, 1934) 10 individual stages (1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1938) One-day races and Classics Road Race World Championships (1936) Grand Prix des Nations (1934, 1935, 1936) Paris–Saint-Quentin (1926) Paris–Limoges (1927, 1929) GP Wolber (1927) Paris–Vichy (1930) Challenge Sedis (1934, 1936)
Medal record Representing  France Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1936 Bern Elite Men's Road Race 1933 Montlhéry Elite Men's Road Race

Antonin Magne (pronounced [ɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ̃ maɲ]; 15 February 1904 – 8 September 1983) was a French cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1931 and 1934. He raced as a professional from 1927 to 1939 and then became a team manager. The French rider and then journalist, Jean Bobet, described him in Sporting Cyclist as "a most uninterviewable character" and "a man who withdraws into a shell as soon as he meets a journalist." His taciturn character earned him the nickname of The Monk when he was racing.