Marcel Queheille [SEP] occupation
Marcel Queheille
Marcel Queheille (born 16 March 1930 in Sanguis) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1959 Queheille was the winner of the ninth stage of the 1959 Tour de France.
Major results.
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1961
- 1962
External links.
- Official Tour de France results for Marcel Queheille
him the only journalist to have been killed whilst covering the Tour. Virot was covering the Bastille Day stage from Barcelona, Spain, to Ax-les-Thermes. Riding on a motorcycle with his driver, René Wagner, Virot had been providing a time check to cyclist Marcel Queheille. His motorcycle veered off the track and crashed in a ravine. Virot fractured his skull and died on his way to hospital, and Wagner also succumbed to his injuries. From 1960-67, the Tour de France awarded the "Alex