Antonin Magne, the two-time winner of the Tour de France was born on the 15th of February 1904 in Ytrac, France.
He attended the Tour de France first in 1927. In 1931 André Leducq, the defending champion was the team leader of the French squad, but he was out of shape, so Magne became the first man of the team and won his first Tour de France.
He repeated his success in 1934, when René Vietto, his 20 years old teammate sacrificed his chance to win the race for him. This edition was the first which included an individual time trial. The 90 km long stage was won also by Magne.
He rode the Tour de France last time in 1938. On the last stage, he and André Leducq crossed the finish line together, both of them were declared as stage winners.
Magne was a very privat man, one of his nickname was “The Monk”. After retiring from racing, he became directeur sportif in the Mercier team. He acted always like a gentleman, never called his riders (Louison Bobet and Raymond Poulidor among others) per tu, alway used the honirific style.
Antonin Magne died on 8th september 1983.