Georges Ronsse

George Ronsse
Personal information
Full name	George Ronsse
Born	4 March 1906; Antwerp, Belgium
Died	4 July 1969 (aged 63); Berchem, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road and cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1926–1929	Automoto
1930–1933	La Française
Major wins
	World Cycling Champion (1928, 1929); Tour de France, 1 stage; Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1925); Paris–Roubaix (1927); Paris–Brussels (1928); GP Wolber (1930); Bordeaux–Paris (1927, 1929, 1930)
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Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Belgium
World Championships

Georges Ronsse (4 March 1906, Antwerp - 4 July 1969, Berchem) was a two-time national cyclo-cross and two-time world champion road bicycle racer from Belgium, who raced between 1926 and 1938.

In addition to his several national and world championships, Ronsse won several of the classic races in road cycling including the 1925 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1927 Paris–Roubaix, and the 1927, 1929 and 1930 editions of the now-defunct Bordeaux–Paris. He won his first world championship title in 1928 in Budapest with a lead of 19 minutes and 43 seconds over second-placed finisher Herbert Nebe, the largest winning margin in road world championship history.^[1]

In 1932, Ronsse capped off his career with a Stage 4 win at the 1932 Tour de France. After retiring from competition he served as manager of the Belgian national team at the Tour.^[2]

Major results[]

1925

1927

1928

World Cycling Championship

Paris–Brussels

Rupelmonde

1929

World Cycling Championship

Bordeaux–Paris

Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships

1930

GP Wolber

Bordeaux–Paris

Nationale Sluitingsprijs

Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships

1932

Tour de France

Winner stage 4

5th place overall classification

1934: Belgium national track stayers championship
1935: Belgium national track stayers championship
1936: Belgium national track stayers championship

References[]

^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (19 May 2015). "Giro d'Italia stage 11 preview: Organizers bring back 1968 Worlds finish circuit in Imola". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ Fotheringham, William (2012). Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson. Random House. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4464-3587-8.

External links[]

Georges Ronsse at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Georges Ronsse

[1] Fotheringham, Alasdair (19 May 2015). "Giro d'Italia stage 11 preview: Organizers bring back 1968 Worlds finish circuit in Imola". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[2] Fotheringham, William (2012). Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson. Random House. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4464-3587-8.

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show v t Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champions (men)
1900–1919	Philippe Thys (1910) (1912) (1913) (1914)
1920–1939	René Vermandel (1921) Maurice De Waele (1922) (1923) Joseph Van Dam (1924) Pé Verhaegen (1925) (1926) (1927) Jules Goedhuys (1928) Georges Ronsse (1929–1930) Jules Goedhuys (1931) Jef Demuysere (1932) Maurice Seynaeve (1933–1937) (1938–1939)
1940–1959	(1941) Eugeen Jacobs (1942–1943) (1944) (1945–1947) (1948) (1949) (1950) (1951) (1952) (1953) (1954) (1955–1956) (1957) (1958) (1959)
1960–1979	(1960) (1961) (1962) Albert Van Damme (1963) (1964) Albert Van Damme (1965–1966) Erik De Vlaeminck (1967) Albert Van Damme (1968) Erik De Vlaeminck (1969) Albert Van Damme (1970) Erik De Vlaeminck (1971–1972) Albert Van Damme (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc De Block (1976–1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978) (1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980–1989) Danny De Bie (1990–1992) Paul Herygers (1993) Peter Van Den Abeele (1994) Marc Janssens (1995) Erwin Vervecken (1996) Paul Herygers (1997) Marc Janssens (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sven Nys (2000) Mario De Clercq (2001–2002) Sven Nys (2003) Bart Wellens (2004) Sven Nys (2005–2006) Bart Wellens (2007) Sven Nys (2008–2010) Niels Albert (2011) Sven Nys (2012) Klaas Vantornout (2013) Sven Nys (2014) Klaas Vantornout (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Toon Aerts (2019)
2020–2039	Laurens Sweeck (2020) Wout van Aert (2021)

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1880–1899	Josef Fischer (1896) Maurice Garin (1897–1898) Albert Champion (1899)
1900–1919	Émile Bouhours (1900) Lucien Lesna (1901–1902) Hippolyte Aucouturier (1903–1904) Louis Trousselier (1905) Henri Cornet (1906) Georges Passerieu (1907) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1908) Octave Lapize (1909–1911) Charles Crupelandt (1912) François Faber (1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Pélissier (1919)
1920–1939	Paul Deman (1920) Henri Pélissier (1921) Albert Dejonghe (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Jules Vanhevel (1924) Félix Sellier (1925) Julien Delbecque (1926) Georges Ronsse (1927) André Leducq (1928) Charles Meunier (1929) Julien Vervaecke (1930) Gaston Rebry (1931) Romain Gijssels (1932) Sylvère Maes (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934–1935) Georges Speicher (1936) Jules Rossi (1937) Lucien Storme (1938) Émile Masson Jr. (1939)
1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Marcel Kint (1943) Maurice Desimpelaere (1944) Paul Maye (1945) Georges Claes (1946–1947) Rik Van Steenbergen (1948) André Mahé, Serse Coppi (1949) Fausto Coppi (1950) Antonio Bevilacqua (1951) Rik Van Steenbergen (1952) Germain Derycke (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Jean Forestier (1955) Louison Bobet (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Leon Vandaele (1958) Noël Foré (1959)
1960–1979	Pino Cerami (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961–1962) Emile Daems (1963) Peter Post (1964) Rik Van Looy (1965) Felice Gimondi (1966) Jan Janssen (1967) Eddy Merckx (1968) Walter Godefroot (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Roger Rosiers (1971) Roger De Vlaeminck (1972) Eddy Merckx (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc Demeyer (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Francesco Moser (1978–1979)
1980–1999	Francesco Moser (1980) Bernard Hinault (1981) Jan Raas (1982) Hennie Kuiper (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Marc Madiot (1985) Sean Kelly (1986) Eric Vanderaerden (1987) Dirk Demol (1988) Jean-Marie Wampers (1989) Eddy Planckaert (1990) Marc Madiot (1991) Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1992–1993) Andrei Tchmil (1994) Franco Ballerini (1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Frédéric Guesdon (1997) Franco Ballerini (1998) Andrea Tafi (1999)
2000–2019	Johan Museeuw (2000) Servais Knaven (2001) Johan Museeuw (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Magnus Bäckstedt (2004) Tom Boonen (2005) Fabian Cancellara (2006) Stuart O'Grady (2007) Tom Boonen (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Johan Vansummeren (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013) Niki Terpstra (2014) John Degenkolb (2015) Mathew Hayman (2016) Greg Van Avermaet (2017) Peter Sagan (2018) Philippe Gilbert (2019)
2020–2039	Not held (2020)

show v t Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held)
1900–1919	André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919)
1920–1939	Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
1960–1979	Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valère Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979)
1980–1999	Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
2000–2019	Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015) Wout Poels (2016) Alejandro Valverde (2017) Bob Jungels (2018) Jakob Fuglsang (2019)
2020–2039	Primož Roglič (2020)

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