Félix Goethals

Félix Goethals was a French professional road bicycle racer, born on 14 January 1891 in Rinxent and died on 24 September 1962 in Capinghem. He won seven stages in total in the Tour de France, the three-week stage race that is the most prestigious event of the road calendar, and his best final classification was a ninth place in 1920. Seven stage victories show that he was able to win individual days against the strongest fields of his era, while a top-ten overall finish shows he could also stay close to the leaders across the full distance of the race. His career is documented in the Cycling Archives database and in the official Tour de France results archive.