place_of_birth ferdinand le drogo
Ferdinand Le Drogo ( 10 October 1903 -- 24 April 1976 ) was a French professional road bicycle racer . He is ___MASK52___ known for his silver medal in the Elite race ___MASK39___ the 1931 Road World Championships . Ferdinand Le Drogo was the older brother ___MASK39___ cyclist Paul Le Drogo . In the 1927 Tour de France , Le Drogo took part in the Dilecta - Wolber team , which won the first stage , led by Francis Pélissier , who was the first leader ___MASK39___ the general classification . Le Drogo won the fifth stage . In the sixth stage , Francis Pélissier abandoned sick . Ferdinand Le Drogo , who was second in the general classification , became the new leader . In the seventh stage , while Le Drogo was in the yellow jersey , the Tour passed in the region where he was born . His supporters cheered for Le Drogo , and he got excited and sped away from his team mates . That cost him too much energy , and he lost 20 minutes in that stage to the J . B . Louvet team , so the lead was transferred to Hector Martin , from the J . B . Louvet team . Le Drogo would never lead the Tour de France again . Paul Le Drogo ( ___MASK84___ , 16 December 1905  Sarzeau , 25 July 1966 ) was a French professional road bicycle racer . He was the younger brother of Ferdinand Le Drogo . ___MASK84___ is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north - western France . It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest . Sarzeau is a commune in the Morbihan department ___MASK39___ Brittany in north - western France .