Anatole Novak
# Anatole Novak

Anatole Novak (12 February 1937 – 5 January 2022) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

## Career

Novak won a stage in the 1961 Tour de France, and was the Lanterne rouge (last finishing cyclist) in the 1964 Tour de France.

## Personal life and death

Novak died in Pierre-Châtel on 5 January 2022, at the age of 84.

## Major results

### 1956

    France National Road Championship (Independents)

### 1959

    Saint-Brieuc

### 1961

    GP Vincennes
    Riom
    Tour de France:
       Winner stage 4
    Grand Prix du Parisien

### 1962

    Gap

### 1964

    Ambert

### 1965

    Tour de l'Herault

### 1966

    Saint-Vallier
    Paris–Luxembourg

### 1967

    Boucles des Hauts de Seine

### 1969

    Toury
    Sévignac

### 1970

    Vuelta a España:
       Winner stage 10
