Austrian cyclist Max Bulla (1905-1990) attended Tour de France twice. In 1931 he finished 15th, in 1932 19th in overall. He also had a 34th place at the Giro d’Italia in 1934 and a 5th place at the first Vuelta a Espana in 1935.
In 1931 he won a Tour de France stage and was wearing the yellow jersey for one day. He was the first Austrian cyclist to do so. Bulla’s success was even more remarkable, because he competed as “tourist-routier”, an independent rider, being no member of any team. (Let’s don’t forget, this was the era of the system of national teams at the Tour de France). The tourinst-routiers started 10 minutes after the elite riders of the national teams, and Bulla still managed to win the stage.
Henri Desgrange, the founding father and race director of Tour de France always loved that kind of stories. He made sure, Bulla can ride the race also in next year as the member of the German team.
During his career, Max Bulla won several lesser known one-day races.