Germain Derycke (2 November 1929, in Bellegem – 13 January 1978, in Kortrijk) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Derycke was a classics specialist. In his second year as a professional he came second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. In 1953 he won Paris–Roubaix.[1] He twice stood on the podium at the world road race championship, second to Fausto Coppi in 1953 and third in 1955 behind Stan Ockers and Jean-Pierre Schmitz.
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Full name | Germain Derycke | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Belgium | 2 November 1929|||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 January 1978 | (aged 48)|||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
1950–1951 | Groene Leeuw | |||||||||||||||||
1952–1955 | Alcyon-Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||
1956–1957 | Faema-Guerra | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1959 | Carpano | |||||||||||||||||
1960 | Liberia-Grammont | |||||||||||||||||
1961 | Baratti-Milano | |||||||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||
One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1951
- 1st stage 23 Tour de France
- 1952
- 1st Halle–Ingooigem
- 1953
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Tour d'Algérie
- 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1954
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1955
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1956
- 1st stages 2 & 3 Paris–Nice
- 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 1957
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1958
- 1st Tour of Flanders
References
edit- ^ "51st Paris – Roubaix, 1953". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
External links
edit- Germain Derycke at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Germain Derycke