Anatole Novak

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Anatole Novak
Novak at the 1962 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameAnatole Novak
NicknameLe géant de la Mure
Born(1937-02-12)12 February 1937
La Mure, France
Died5 January 2022(2022-01-05) (aged 84)
Pierre-Châtel, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1961)

Anatole Novak (12 February 1937 – 5 January 2022) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Career

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Novak won a stage in the 1961 Tour de France, and was the Lanterne rouge (last finishing cyclist) in the 1964 Tour de France.

Personal life and death

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Novak died in Pierre-Châtel on 5 January 2022, at the age of 84.[1]

Major results

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1956
 France National Road Championship (Independents)
1959
Saint-Brieuc
1961
GP Vincennes
Riom
Tour de France:
Winner stage 4
Grand Prix du Parisien
1962
Gap
1964
Ambert
1965
Tour de l'Herault
1966
Saint-Vallier
Paris–Luxembourg
1967
Boucles des Hauts de Seine
1969
Toury
Sévignac
1970
Vuelta a España:
Winner stage 10

References

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