page_title: Alfred Letourneur
section_title: Achievements
hierarchical_section_title: Alfred Letourneur / Achievements
caption_attribution_description: English: Site marker of the founding meeting of the Wally Byam Caravan Club — in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. An Airstream travel trailer club.
context_page_description: Alfred Letourneur was a French professional cyclist. He is known for setting the motor-paced world speed record. He was professional cyclist from 1928 to 1942. His nickname was "le diable rouge".
context_section_description: From 1930 to 1938 he reached 20 victories on the "six-day racing" races in the United States and Canada.
  He also had 4 victories in National Championship, United States, in years 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.
  On 22 October 1938, Alfred Letourneur was able to beat the motor-paced world speed record on a bicycle, reaching 147.058 km/h at a velodrome in Montlhéry, France, riding behind a motorbike.  On 17 May 1941 he broke the record again, reaching 175.29 km/h (108.92 mph) on a Schwinn bicycle riding behind a specially equipped midget racer, on old highway 99 near Bakersfield, California.
  In 1947, in Van Nuys, California he towed a 22 feet (6.7 m) long Airstream trailer with his bicycle as a publicity stunt.
caption: Site marker of the founding meeting of the Wally Byam Caravan Club, in 1955 in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. The plaque shows Alfred Letourneur towing an airstream trailer in 1947
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