View text source at Wikipedia
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | Lucien Storme |
Born | Nieuwkerke, Belgium | 18 June 1916
Died | 10 April 1945 Siegburg, Germany | (aged 28)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
Paris–Roubaix (1938) |
Lucien Storme (18 June 1916 – 10 April 1945) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1938 Paris–Roubaix.[1] In December 1942, he was taken prisoner by the Germans for smuggling. In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, he was accidentally shot by the Americans.