Gustave Danneels
![]() Gustave Danneels, 1934 | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Gustave Danneels | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | 6 September 1913||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 April 1976 Knokke, Belgium | (aged 62)||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
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Paris–Tours (1934, 1936, 1937) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gustave Danneels (Loos-en-Gohelle, France, 6 September 1913 – Knokke, 13 April 1976) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is known for bronze medals in the 1934 and the 1935 UCI Road World Championships and his victories in Paris–Tours. When winning the 1936 edition of Paris-Tours Danneels was awarded the Ruban Jaune for recording the fastest time in a professional race.
Major results[]
- 1931
Belgium U17 Road Race Champion
- 1933
Belgium Independent Road Race Champion
- 1934
- Paris–Tours
World Road Race Championship
- 1935
Belgium Road Race Champion
- Winner Stage 2, Tour of Belgium
World Road Race Championship
- 1936
- Paris–Tours
- Winner stages 3 and 6 Paris–Nice
- 1937
- Paris–Tours
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 11B[1]
- 1938
- Winner stages 4 & 5,
Notes[]
- ^ Stage 11B was a team time trial, and won by the Belgian team. Danneels was the first Belgian to cross the line, so by the regulations of that time, the victory was officially credited to his name
External links[]
- Gustave Danneels at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Gustave Danneels
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1976 deaths
- Belgian male cyclists
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- People from Pas-de-Calais