Background
He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. As his father wanted him to do a "real" job, he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton for races, to deceive his father.
He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. As his father wanted him to do a "real" job, he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton for races, to deceive his father.
The same year he started road-racing and finished the Tour de France in an astonishing fifth overall.
Later he changed it to Petit-Breton, because there already was another cyclist called Lucien Breton. His first notable victory was the track cycling championship of Argentina but in 1902 he was drafted in the French Army and he moved back to France. In 1905 he broke the world hour record on the Buffalo cycling track in Paris with 41.110 km.
However, by the end of stage five from Lyon to Grenoble, his chance of victory looked slim.
However, with the points system, time was irrelevant, and he was still in second place. In the tenth stage, Georget illegally changed bicycles, and was placed last in the stage by the Tour jury, which cost him 44 points.
Behind him, team-mates Francois Faber and Georges Passerieu finished with 68 and 75 points respectively. That was his last great victory.
First World War ended his career.
He joined the French army and died in 1917 when he crashed into an oncoming car at the front near Troyes. The French television series Les Brigades du Tigre was a popular crime drama focusing on an elite squad of police detectives in the early 20th century. He himself is later assaulted by the man but defiantly continues the stage to the admiration of those present.
Grand Tour General Classification results timeline.