François Faber

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François Faber (26 January 1887 – 9 May 1915) was a Luxembourgian cyclist. He was born in France, but because his father was a Luxembourger, he was able to receive Luxembourgian nationality.

In 1906, he participated in the Tour de France for the first time. He didn't reach the finish. The next year, he was 7th in the Tour and in 1908 took second and won two stages. In 1909 he dominated the Tour. He won five consecutive stages, a record that went unbroken for almost a century.

In his career he won 19 Tour de France stages, Paris-Brussels, Bordeaux-Paris, Sedan-Brussels, Paris-Tours (twice), Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Lombardy.

When the First World War broke out Faber joined the French Foreign Legion. On May 9 1915 at Carency near Arras he received a telegram saying his wife had given birth to a daughter. Cheering, he jumped out of the trench and was killed by a German bullet.

The GP François Faber, a small race in Luxembourg, is named after him.