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Lucien Georges Mazan (1882‑1917) was an Argentinian cyclist (pseudonym:Lucien Petit-Breton). He was born in Brittany in France. When he was 6 he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires. He adapted the Argentinean nationality. When he won a bike in a lottery his cycling career started. His father rather wanted him to do a 'real' job, therefore he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton. Later he changed it to Petit-Breton, because there already was another cyclist called Lucien Breton. His first notable victory was the track cycling championship of Argentina. In 1902 he was drafted in the French Army, so he moved back to France. Two years later he won the Boule d'Or an important track cycling event. In 1905 later he broke the world hour record on the Buffalo cycling track in Paris with a time of 41.110 km/h. The same year he started to participate in road racing. He immediatelt became second in the Tour de France. He won the Tour in 1907 and 1908, which made him the first one to win the Tour twice. In 1907 Petit-Breton also won the first edition of Milan-San Remo and in 1908 he won Paris-Brussels. That was his last great victory. The outbreak of the First World War marked the end of his carreer. He joined the French army. Lucien Mazan died in 1917 when he crashed against an oncoming car at the front near Troyes.
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