Odile Defraye

Odile Defraye, also written Odiel Defraeye in Dutch, lived from 14 July 1888 to 21 August 1965 and was a Belgian road racing cyclist. He won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, the last Tour decided by a points system rather than by overall best time, and he was the first Belgian to win the race. He was invited to join the all-French Alcyon team only at a late stage, for publicity purposes. In the 1913 Tour de France Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5, then lost it on the Tourmalet to the stage 6 winner and eventual overall winner Philippe Thys. He started six Tours between 1909 and 1924, but his victorious 1912 race was the only one he completed. His other major wins include the 1913 Milan-San Remo, a one day classic, and four stages and the overall classification of the 1912 Tour of Belgium.