Edmond Jacquelin, one of the first stars in the history of cycling races was born on the 15th March 1875 in Santenay, France.
He started his professional career in 1893. This was the time period when cycling races were predominantly track events.
Jacquelin won the Grand Prix Turin in 1898, the Grand Prix de Paris and the World Championship in 1900.
His career is still most memorable from the famous cycling duel between him and the American Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor in the Parc des Princes velodrome.
Edmond Jacquelin retired from cycling in 1914. Although he earned a fortune as cyclist, he spent all his money too quickly and had to work as a day labourer in a shipyard.
He died in 1928.