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Lucien Bidinger

Luxembourgian bicycle racer (1917-1982)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ3265380 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lucien Bidinger (8 June 1917 – 14 December 1982) was a Luxembourgish racing cyclist. He rode in the 1939 Tour de France.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lucien Bidinger” as luxembourgian bicycle racer (1917-1982). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lucien, Bidinger and Luxembourgian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 1982, 1939—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917-06-08. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lucien, Bidinger and Luxembourgian providing the first useful test.
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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 Sep 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3265380. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917, 1982 and 1939.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lucien Bidinger” 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.