Émile Idée

Émile Idée (19 July 1920 – 30 December 2024) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Idée was a five-time winner of the Critérium National (a race that saw its name changed to Critérium International in 1979), a record he shares with Raymond Poulidor and Jens Voigt. He finished in second place in the 1948 Paris–Roubaix.

Idée turned 100 on 19 July 2020 and died on 30 December 2024, at the age of 104. At the time of his death he was said to have been the oldest Tour de France stage winner.

Major results

1940 1st Critérium National de la Route 1942

1st Critérium National de la Route 1st 1st Grand Prix des Nations (occupied zone) 1st GP de Provence 1943 1st Critérium National de la Route 5th Grand Prix des Nations 1944 1st 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Grand Prix des Nations 1945 3rd Paris–Tours 3rd Critérium National de la Route 1946 2nd Grand Prix des Nations 1947

1st Critérium National de la Route 1st Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence 2nd Paris–Tours 2nd Critérium des As 2nd Grand Prix des Nations 1948 1st Trophée du Journal d'Alger 2nd Paris–Roubaix 2nd Critérium National de la Route 3rd Paris–Tours 1949 1st Critérium National de la Route 1st Stage 13 Tour de France 8th GP de Suisse 1950 1st Cote de Gourdon 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Grand Prix des Nations 5th Paris–Tours 6th GP Lugano 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 9th Paris–Brussels 1951 1st Stage 4a Paris–Nice