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GP Wolber

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GP Wolber
Race details
DateLate September/early October
(1930 and 1931 in June)
RegionFrance
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1922 (1922)
Editions10
Final edition1939 or later
First winner Heiri Suter (SUI)
Most wins Heiri Suter (SUI)
Final winner Romain Gijssels (BEL)

The GP Wolber was a French cycling event in the 1920s. It was considered a kind of unofficial World Championship. Only cyclists who finished in the top-3 of the major French, Italian, Belgian and Swiss races were invited. The first GP Wolber was held in 1922. When the World Cycling Championship was introduced in 1927 the race started to lose prestige. The race ran until at least 1939.

Palmares

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Year Rider
1922  Heiri Suter (SUI)
1923  Emile Masson Sr. (BEL)
1924  Costante Girardengo (ITA)
1925  Heiri Suter (SUI)
1926  Francis Pélissier (FRA)
1927 France Alleluia Team[1]
1928  Julien Vervaecke (BEL)
1929  Alfred Hamerlinck (BEL)
1930  Georges Ronsse (BEL)
1931  Romain Gijssels (BEL)
1939  Victor Codron (FRA)

Notes

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  1. ^ In 1927, the GP Wolber was run as a team race. The Alleluia Team consisted of Antonin Magne, Pierre Magne, Julien Moineau, Marius Gallotini, Arsène Alancourt and André Cauet.)