Lucien Georges Mazan (1882 - 1917); French racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton). His cycling career started when he won a bike in a lottery at the age of sixteen. His first notable victory was the track cycling championship of Argentina but in 1902 he was drafted in the French Army and he moved back to France. Two years later in 1904 he won the Bol d'Or track event at the second attempt, having finished second the previous year. In 1905 he broke the world hour record on the Buffalo cycling track in Paris with 41.110 km. First World War ended his career. He joined the French army as a driver and died in 1917 when he crashed into a horse and cart
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