Gaston Rebry
 Rebry at the 1929 Tour de France | |
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| Full name | Gaston Rebry |
| Born | 29 January 1905 Rollegem-Kapelle, Belgium |
| Died | 3 July 1953 (aged 48) Wevelgem, Belgium |
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| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| 4 stages Tour de France ParisâRoubaix 1931, 1934â1935 Tour of Flanders 1934 ParisâNice 1934 | |
Gaston Rebry (29 January 1905 â 3 July 1953) was a Belgian champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.
In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Tour of Flanders and ParisâRoubaix in the same year; he also won ParisâNice that year. Rebry won ParisâRoubaix three times. He also won four stages of the Tour de France.
His son, also named Gaston Rebry (1933â2007), too was a road-racing cyclist in the 1950s but moved to Canada in 1954 to become a landscape painter and died there on 5 January 2007.
Major results
[edit]- 1926
- 3rd, ParisâRoubaix
- 1928
- 12th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1929
- 10th, Overall, Tour de France
- yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after stage 8
- 1st, Stage 14, (Nice - Grenoble)
- 1931
- 1st, ParisâRoubaix
- 4th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 23, (Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km)
- 1932
- 20th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 19, (Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km)
- 1933
- 14th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1934
- 1st, ParisâRoubaix
- 1st, Tour of Flanders
- 1st, ParisâNice
- 1935
- 1st, ParisâRoubaix
External links
[edit]- Gaston Rebry at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Official Tour de France results
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