Antonin Magne

Antonin Magne
Magne in 1931
Personal information
Full nameAntonin Magne
NicknameTonin le sage (Tonin the Sage), Tonin le taciturne (Tonin the Taciturn)[1]
Born(1904-01-15)15 January 1904
Ytrac, France
Died8 September 1983(1983-09-08) (aged 79)
Arcachon, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
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
Gold medal – first place 1936 Bern Elite Men's Road Race
Silver medal – second place 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.

  1. ^ Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis… le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.