Oscar Egg

Oscar Egg (1890 to 1961) was a Swiss track and road bicycle racer, best remembered for the world hour record, which he captured three times before the First World War. Between 1907 and 1914 he and Marcel Berthet improved the record six times between them, and Egg's final mark of 44.247 km, set at the Velodrome Buffalo in Paris in 1914, stood until 1933. He also won major road races and stages of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. After racing he owned a bicycle shop and workshop in Paris and made racing bicycles and components, including lugs and the Champion and Super Champion derailleurs; the Super Champion was the official derailleur of several national teams at the 1937 Tour de France, the first year derailleurs were permitted.