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{{Short description|French cyclist (1879–1957)}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Alphonse Adrien Charpiot
| birth_name = Alphonse Adrien Charpiot
| image = 3-9-11, Buffalo, Charpiot (cyclisme) - btv1b531122130.jpg
| caption = Charpiot in 1911
| birth_date = 4 August 1879<ref name=bnf /> or {{birth date|1879|10|20|df=y}}<ref name=PCS />
| birth_place = [[Lyon]], France
| death_date = 4 March 1957<ref name=bnf /> or {{death date and age|1957|10|3|1879|10|20|df=y}}<ref name=PCS />
| death_place = 
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| majorwins = Dijon–Lyon – [[Grand Prix Wolber]] (1909)
| proyears1 = 1908
| proteam1 = [[Peugeot (cycling team)|Peugeot]]
| proyears2 = 1909–1910
| proteam2 = [[Le Globe (cycling team)|Le Globe]]
| proyears3 = 1911
| proteam3 = [[La Française (cycling team 1901–1955)|La Française]]
| proyears4 = 1912
| proteam4 = [[Thomann (cycling team)|Thomann]]
}}

'''Alphonse Adrien Charpiot''' (20 October 1879<ref name=PCS /> or 4 August 1879<ref name=bnf> {{Cite web |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14977658c |title=Alfonse Charpiot |website=Catalogue général |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |access-date=8 August 2025|language=fr}}</ref> – 3 October 1957<ref name=PCS /> or 4 March 1957<ref name=bnf />) was a French professional [[road bicycle racing|road cyclist]]. He competed as a professional rider from 1908 to 1912.<ref name=Woodland />

== Career ==

[[File:Septembre 1910, départ de la course quart de fond au Parc des Princes (de gauche à droite - Louis Darragon, Robert Seigneur, Alphonse Charpiot, Marcel Berthet (le vainqueur)) - btv1b69146896.jpg|thumb|left|Charpiot at a race in September 1910]] 
Charpiot was born in [[Lyon]], France. He became Champion of [[Lyon]].<ref>{{cite book |title=CHAPRIOT, Champion Lyonnais, sur bicyclette PEUGEOT Pneus LION |date=c. 1908 |publisher=Carte Postale |language=fr}}</ref> Due to his achievements he turned professional in 1908 and rode for teams including [[Peugeot (cycling team)|Peugeot]], [[Le Globe (cycling team)|Le Globe]], [[La Française (cycling team 1901–1955)|La Française]], and [[Thomann (cycling team)|Thomann]]. 

He won in 1909 the race from [[Dijon]] to [[Lyon]] that was called later [[Grand Prix Wolber]]. His best career result came in 1911. Together with [[Octave Lapize]] he was minutes ahead in the [[1911 Paris–Roubaix]]; but at the finisht he lost the sprint from Lapize finishing second in a [[cycling monument]].<ref name=Woodland>{{cite book |last1=Woodland |first1=Les |title=Paris-Roubaix: The Inside Story {{!}} All the bumps of cycling's cobbled classic |date=2013 |publisher=McGann Publishing LLC |isbn=978-0985963613 |pages=198}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=[Histoire] Courses d'antan {{!}} PARIS-ROUBAIX, Episode 3 |publisher=Le Gruppetto |page=43}}</ref> He also competed in other main international cycling races, including participated in four editions of the [[Tour de France]] and finished 4th in [[Paris–Tours]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= McGann |first1=Bill |title=The story of the Tour de France, Volume 1 |date=12 July 2019|publisher=McGann Publishing LLC |isbn=978-0985963651 |pages=422|edition=2nd}}</ref>

== Major results ==

[[File:24-7-1910, Buffalo, départ de la course de l'heure derrière tandems (Grand critériums del'heure, cyclistes tenus pour le départ) - Berthet, Charpiot, Léon Georget, Seigneur - btv1b6914556g.jpg|thumb|Charpiot at the start of a race in July 1910]]

;1909
:1st Dijon–Lyon ([[Grand Prix Wolber]])

;1910
:6th [[Bol d'Or cycle race]]

;1911
:2nd [[1911 Paris–Roubaix]]
:4th [[1911 Paris–Tours]]

;1919
: 5th [[GP de la Loire]]

=== Grand Tour general classification results ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 
|-
! scope="col" | Stage races
! scope="col" | 1908
! scope="col" | 1910
! scope="col" | 1911
! scope="col" | 1912
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tour de France]]
| [[1908 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[1910 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[1911 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[1912 Tour de France|DNF]]
|}

=== Classic cycle races results ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 
|-
! scope="col" | [[Classic cycle races]]
! scope="col" | 1908
! scope="col" | 1909
! scope="col" | 1910
! scope="col" | 1911
|-
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Roubaix]]
| —
| —
| [[1910 Paris–Roubaix|36th]]
| [[1911 Paris–Roubaix|2nd]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Milan–San Remo]]
| —
| [[1909 Milan–San Remo|DNF]]
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Tours]]
| [[1908 Paris–Tours|15th]]
| —
| —
| [[1911 Paris–Tours|4th]]
|}
<ref name=PCS>{{Cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/alfonse-charpiot |title=Alphonse Charpiot |website=ProCyclingStats |access-date=8 August 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:1957 deaths]]
[[Category:Date of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:Date of death uncertain]]
[[Category:French male cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists from Lyon]]
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