Nicolas Frantz

Nicolas Frantz was a Luxembourgish road racing cyclist who lived from 1899 to 1985 and raced as a professional for twelve seasons, from 1923 to 1934. He rode for the Thomann team in his first year and then for Alcyon-Dunlop through 1931, collecting around sixty professional victories. He is best remembered for winning the Tour de France twice running, in 1927 and 1928, the second time after wearing the yellow jersey from the first stage to the last. Away from the Tour he won Paris-Brussels in 1927 and Paris-Tours in 1929, finished in the top three of the world championship twice, and took the Luxembourg national title in every year from 1923 to 1934. After he stopped racing he served as sports director of the Luxembourg teams at the Tour de France from 1949 to 1957, where he was the first national team manager of Charly Gaul.