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Fernand Augereau

French cyclist (1882–1958)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ981331 ↗
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Fernand Augereau (Naintré, 23 November 1882– Combrée, 26 July 1958) was a successful early twentieth century French road racing cyclist. Augereau, who was born in Naintré, participated in the 1903 Tour de France, where he finished third, and won Bordeaux–Paris in 1904. He was professional from 1902 to 1911.

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“Fernand Augereau” enters the record as french cyclist (1882–1958). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fernand, Augereau and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1882, 1958, 1903, 1904—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1882-11-23. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Fernand, Augereau and French.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 1, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q981331. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1882, 1958, 1903 and 1904.

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This entry incorporates text from “Fernand Augereau” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.