Paul Chocque

Paul Chocque (14 July 1910 – 4 September 1949) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

[1] In 1934 Chocque traveled to Australia with Fernand Mithouard to compete in the Centenary 1000, one week road bicycle race over seven stages covering 1,102 miles (1,773 km).

[2] Nino Borsari a member of the Italian gold medal-winning team pursuit at the 1932 Summer Olympics also competed.

Chocque was in the lead at the Ballarat sprint in stage 3 when he was struck, causing him to crash, breaking his collarbone, forcing him to abandon.

After falling during a motorized race at Paris' Parc des Princes, he died aged 39.