Léon Houa
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Full name | Léon Houa |
Born | (1867-11-08)8 November 1867 Liège, Belgium |
Died | 31 January 1918(1918-01-31) (aged 50) Bressoux, Belgium |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1892–1894) | |
Léon Houa (8 November 1867 – 31 January 1918) was a Belgian road bicycle racer famous for winning the first three editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1892–1894. The race has come to be known as La Doyenne ("The Old Lady"), and is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest.
The first two editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège were amateur races. On 29 May 1892, he bested 32 amateur riders over 250 km to finish the race in 10 hours, 48 minutes and 36 seconds and became the first Liège–Bastogne–Liège champion. On 28 May 1893, he finished in 10 hours, 40 minutes and ahead of 25 other riders. Also in 1893, Houa won the amateur version of the Belgium National Road Race Championship.
Houa went on to win the first professional version of the race held in 1894 in 8 hours, 52 minutes and 5 seconds over a distance of 223 km. Also in 1894, Houa captured the elite men's version of the Belgium National Road Race Championship.
In his later years, Houa was an automobile race driver. In 1910, he was driving for Renault. He died in a race accident during the Tour of Belgium.
Major achievements
- 1892 – Amateur
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1893 – Amateur
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st National (Amateur) Road Race Cycling Champion
- 1894 – Professional
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Belgian National Road Race Championships
External links
- Léon Houa at Cycling Archives
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- Léon Houa (1894)
- Henri Luyten (1895–1896)
- Henri Bertrand (1897–1898)
- Jules Degeetere (1899)
- Mathieu Quoidbach (1900)
- Paul Burger (1901)
- Jules Defrance (1902)
- Arthur Vanderstuyft (1903)
- Jules Sales (1904)
- Dieudonné Jamar (1905)
- Francois Verstraeten (1907–1908)
- Cyrille van Hauwaert (1909)
- Henri Hanlet (1910)
- Odile Defraye (1911)
- Omer Verschoore (1912)
- Joseph Van Daele (1913)
- Victor Dethier (1914)
- Jean Rossius (1919)
- Jules Vanhevel (1920–1921)
- René Vermandel (1922)
- Félix Sellier (1923)
- René Vermandel (1924)
- Gerard Debaets (1925)
- Félix Sellier (1926)
- August Mortelmans (1927)
- Joseph Dervaes (1928)
- Joseph Wauters (1929–1930)
- Alphonse Schepers (1931)
- Georges Lemaire (1932)
- Louis Duerloo (1933)
- Louis Roels (1934)
- Gustave Danneels (1935)
- Jean Aerts (1936)
- Karel Kaers (1937)
- Petrus Van Theemsche (1938)
- Marcel Kint (1939)
- Odiel Van Den Meersschaut (1940)
- André Defoort (1941)
- André Maelbrancke (1942)
- Rik Van Steenbergen (1943, 1945)
- Émile Masson Jr. (1946–1947)
- Achiel Buysse (1948)
- Valère Ollivier (1949)
- Albert Ramon (1950)
- Lode Anthonis (1951)
- Jozef Schils (1952)
- Alois Vansteenkiste (1953)
- Rik Van Steenbergen (1954)
- Emiel Van Cauter (1955)
- André Vlayen (1956–1957)
- Rik Van Looy (1958)
- Petrus Oellibrandt (1959)
- Frans De Mulder (1960)
- Michel Van Aerde (1961)
- Jef Planckaert (1962)
- Rik Van Looy (1963)
- Edward Sels (1964)
- Walter Godefroot (1965)
- Guido Reybrouck (1966)
- Jozef Boons (1967)
- Julien Stevens (1968)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1969)
- Eddy Merckx (1970)
- Herman Van Springel (1971)
- Walter Godefroot (1972)
- Frans Verbeeck (1973)
- Roger Swerts (1974)
- Willy Teirlinck (1975)
- Freddy Maertens (1976)
- Michel Pollentier (1977–1978)
- Gery Verlinden (1979)
- Jos Jacobs (1980)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1981)
- Frank Hoste (1982)
- Lucien Van Impe (1983)
- Eric Vanderaerden (1984)
- Paul Haghedooren (1985)
- Marc Sergeant (1986)
- Ferdi Van Den Haute (1987)
- Etienne De Wilde (1988)
- Carlo Bomans (1989)
- Claude Criquielion (1990)
- Benjamin Van Itterbeeck (1991)
- Johan Museeuw (1992)
- Alain Van Den Bossche (1993)
- Wilfried Nelissen (1994–1995)
- Johan Museeuw (1996)
- Tom Steels (1997–1998)
- Ludo Dierckxsens (1999)
- Axel Merckx (2000)
- Ludovic Capelle (2001)
- Tom Steels (2002)
- Geert Omloop (2003)
- Tom Steels (2004)
- Serge Baguet (2005)
- Niko Eeckhout (2006)
- Stijn Devolder (2007)
- Jürgen Roelandts (2008)
- Tom Boonen (2009)
- Stijn Devolder (2010)
- Philippe Gilbert (2011)
- Tom Boonen (2012)
- Stijn Devolder (2013)
- Jens Debusschere (2014)
- Preben Van Hecke (2015)
- Philippe Gilbert (2016)
- Oliver Naesen (2017)
- Yves Lampaert (2018)
- Tim Merlier (2019)
- Dries De Bondt (2020)
- Wout van Aert (2021)
- Tim Merlier (2022)
- Remco Evenepoel (2023)
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