# Anatole Novak

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anatole_Novak
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anatole_Novak.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_Novak
> Source revision: 1260399316
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

French cyclist (1937–2022)

Anatole Novak Novak at the 1962 Tour de France Personal information Full name Anatole Novak Nickname Le géant de la Mure Born (1937-02-12)12 February 1937 La Mure, France Died 5 January 2022(2022-01-05) (aged 84) Pierre-Châtel, France Team information Discipline Road Role Rider Major wins Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1961)

**Anatole Novak** (12 February 1937 – 5 January 2022) was a French professional [road bicycle racer](/source/Road_bicycle_racer).

## Career

Novak won a stage in the [1961 Tour de France](/source/1961_Tour_de_France), and was the [Lanterne rouge](/source/Lanterne_rouge) (last finishing cyclist) in the [1964 Tour de France](/source/1964_Tour_de_France).

## Personal life and death

Novak died in [Pierre-Châtel](/source/Pierre-Ch%C3%A2tel) on 5 January 2022, at the age of 84.[1]

## Major results

**1956**
- [France](/source/France) National Road Championship (Independents)

**1959**
- Saint-Brieuc

**1961**
- GP Vincennes

- Riom

- [Tour de France](/source/1961_Tour_de_France): - Winner stage 4

- [Grand Prix du Parisien](/source/Grand_Prix_du_Parisien)

**1962**
- Gap

**1964**
- Ambert

**1965**
- Tour de l'Herault

**1966**
- Saint-Vallier

- [Paris–Luxembourg](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Luxembourg)

**1967**
- Boucles des Hauts de Seine

**1969**
- Toury

- Sévignac

**1970**
- [Vuelta a España](/source/1970_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a): - Winner stage 10

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Cyclisme : l'Isérois Anatole Novak est décédé](https://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2022/01/05/carnet-noir-anatole-novak-est-decede) (in French)

## External links

Media related to [Anatole Novak](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anatole_Novak) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Anatole Novak](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/9664.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9664))

- [Official Tour de France results for Anatole Novak](https://web.archive.org/web/20100716180545/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3636.html)

v t e Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903: Arsène Millocheau 1904: Antoine Deflotrière 1905: Clovis Lacroix 1906: Georges Bronchard 1907: Albert Chartier 1908: Henri Anthoine 1909: Georges Devilly 1910: Constant Collet 1911: Lucien Roquebert 1912: Maurice Lartigue 1913: Henri Alavoine 1914: Henri Leclerc 1915–1918 World War I 1919: Jules Nempon 1920–1939 1920: Charles Raboisson 1921: Henri Catelan 1922–23: Daniel Masson 1924: Victor Lafosse 1925: Fernand Besnier 1926: André Drobecq 1927: Jacques Pfister 1928: Édouard Persin 1929: André Léger 1930: Marcel Ilpide 1931: Richard Lamb 1932: Rudolf Risch 1933: Ernest Neuhard 1934: Antonio Folco 1935: Willy Kutschbach 1936: Aldo Bertocco 1937: Aloyse Klensch 1938: Janus Hellemons 1939: Armand Le Moal 1940–1959 1940–1946 World War II 1947: Pietro Tarchini 1948: Vittorio Seghezzi 1949: Guido De Santi 1950: Fritz Zbinden 1951: Abdel-Kader Zaaf 1952: Henri Paret 1953: Claude Rouer 1954: Marcel Dierkens 1955: Tony Hoar 1956: Roger Chaussabel 1957: Guy Million 1958: Walter Favre 1959: Louis Bisilliat 1960–1978 1960: José Herrero Berrendero 1961: André Geneste 1962: Augusto Marcaletti 1963: Willy Derboven 1964: Anatole Novak 1965: Joseph Groussard 1966: Paolo Mannucci 1967: Jean-Pierre Genet 1968: John Clarey 1969: André Wilhelm 1970: Frits Hoogerheide 1971: Georges Chappe 1972: Alain Bellouis 1973: Jacques-André Hochart 1974: Lorenzo Alaimo 1975: Jacques Boulas 1976: Aad van den Hoek 1977: Roger Loysch 1978: Philippe Tesnière 1979–1999 1979–80: Gerhard Schönbacher 1981: Faustino Cueli 1982: Werner Devos 1983: Marcel Laurens 1984: Gilbert Glaus 1985: Manrico Ronchiato 1986: Ennio Salvador 1987: Mathieu Hermans 1988: Dirk Wayenberg 1989: Mathieu Hermans 1990: Rodolfo Massi 1991: Rob Harmeling 1992: Fernando Quevedo 1993: Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994: John Talen 1995: Bruno Cornillet 1996: Jean-Luc Masdupuy 1997: Philippe Gaumont 1998: Damien Nazon 1999: Jacky Durand 2000–2019 2000: Olivier Perraudeau 2001: Jimmy Casper 2002: Igor Flores 2003: Hans De Clercq 2004: Jimmy Casper 2005: Iker Flores 2006–2008: Wim Vansevenant 2009: Yauheni Hutarovich 2010: Adriano Malori 2011: Fabio Sabatini 2012: Jimmy Engoulvent 2013: Svein Tuft 2014: Ji Cheng 2015: Sébastien Chavanel 2016: Sam Bennett 2017: Luke Rowe 2018: Lawson Craddock 2019: Sebastian Langeveld 2020–2039 2020: Roger Kluge 2021: Tim Declercq 2022: Caleb Ewan 2023: Michael Mørkøv 2024: Mark Cavendish 2025: Simone Consonni

This biographical article related to a French cycling person born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:France-cycling-bio-1930s-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3AFrance-cycling-bio-1930s-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:France-cycling-bio-1930s-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anatole Novak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_Novak) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_Novak?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.