Joseph Mauclair

Joseph Mauclair (Clichy, 9 March 1906 — Créteil, 5 February 1990) was a French professional road bicycle racer from 1927 to 1938, who won the 17th stage in the 1928 Tour de France. In 1930 traveled to Australia with Jean Bidot to compete in two stage races, the Sydney to Melbourne covering 700 mi and the Tour of Tasmania covering 303 mi. Mauclair won stage 2 of the Sydney to Melbourne and won the general classification ahead of Hubert Opperman and Bidot. He won the first stage of the Tour of Tasmanaia and finished 2nd in the general classification behind Opperman with Bidot finishing 3rd.

Major results

 * 1926
 * 1st final of Etoiles de France cyclistes
 * 4th Paris-Reims


 * 1927
 * 3rd Paris-Arras


 * 1928
 * Tour de France
 * 1st stage 17
 * 2nd stage 21
 * 11th General classification
 * 1st criterium des Algions
 * 2nd Paris-Bourganeuf
 * 3rd Paris-Caen


 * 1929
 * 2nd Brussels-Paris
 * 2nd Circuit du Jura
 * 10th Tour de Catalogne


 * 1930
 * Tour de France abandoned stage 9
 * Sydney-Melbourne
 * 1st stage 2
 * 1st general classification
 * Tour of Tasmania
 * 1st stage 1
 * 2nd stages 2 & 3
 * 2nd general classification
 * 2nd Paris-Nancy


 * 1931
 * 1st stage 4 Tour d'Allemagne
 * 27th general classification Tour de France


 * 1932
 * Tour de France abandoned stage 5


 * 1933
 * Nice-Toulon
 * 1st stages 1 & 2
 * 1st general classification
 * 1st Paris-Belfort
 * 3rd Paris-Caen


 * 1934
 * 3rd stage 3 Paris-Nice


 * 1935
 * 1st Paris-Sedan
 * Tour de France
 * 3rd stage 12
 * 19th general classification


 * 1936
 * 1st Paris-Belfort
 * 1st Paris-Strasbourg
 * 3rd Circuit du Jura


 * 1937
 * 1st Paris-Nantes


 * 1948
 * 9th Paris-Brest-Paris