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Léon Houa



Léon Houa (8 November 1867 - 31 January 1918) was a Belgian road bicycle racer famous for winning the first three editions of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 1892-1894. The race has become to be known as La Doyenne ("the oldest woman"), and is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest.



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