Hippolyte Aucouturier

Hippolyte Aucouturier
Aucouturier in 1903
Personal information
Full nameHippolyte Aucouturier
NicknameLe Terrible (The Terrible)
Born(1876-10-17)17 October 1876
La Celle, Allier, France
Died22 April 1944(1944-04-22) (aged 67)
Paris, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional team
1900–1908[1]Individual
Major wins
Tour de France, 5 stages
Paris Roubaix (1903, 1904)

Hippolyte Aucouturier (17 October 1876 – 22 April 1944)[1] was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France. He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904. His elder brother Francois was also a racing cyclist.

Aucouturier was an outspoken man[2] whom the Tour organiser, Henri Desgrange, referred to in L'Auto as Le Terrible.[2]