Romain Gijssels

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Romain Gijssels
Romain Gijssels, vainqueur de Bordeaux-Paris le 22 mai 1932.jpg
Personal information
Full nameRomain Gijssels
Born(1907-03-10)10 March 1907
Belgium
Died31 March 1978(1978-03-31) (aged 71)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1930–1934Dilecta
1935Dilecta and JB Louvet
1936Dilecta
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (2x)
Paris–Roubaix

Romain Gijssels (Denderwindeke, 10 March 1907 – Paris, 31 March 1978) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer between 1930 and 1936.

In 1932, Gijssels won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix[1] in the same season, which (up to 2006) has only been accomplished by nine riders.

Major achievements[]

1931
Tour of Flanders
Grand Prix Wolber
2nd, Bordeaux–Paris
3rd, Paris–Brussels
1932
Tour of Flanders
Paris–Roubaix
Bordeaux–Paris
1933
Marseille-Lyon
St Niklaas
2nd, Critérium des As
3rd, Tour of Flanders
3rd, Bordeaux–Paris
1934
Paris-Belfort
2nd, Paris–Tours
32nd, Tour de France
1935
3rd, Critérium des As

References[]

  1. ^ "33rd Paris – Roubaix, 1932". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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