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Belgian cyclist

Albert Dejonghe
Personal information

Full name	Albert Dejonghe
Born	(1894-02-14)14 February 1894 Middelkerke, Belgium
Died	23 February 1981(1981-02-23) (aged 87) Middelkerke, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1923) One-day races and Classics Paris–Roubaix (1922)

Albert Dejonghe (14 February 1894 – 23 February 1981) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won Paris–Roubaix in 1922, one stage in the 1923 Tour de France and finished 5th and 6th in the 1925 and 1926 Tour de France.

Career

In 1919 following The Great War a race was held touring the battlefields of Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Dejonghe won stage two of the race but did not end up placing highly overall. In 1922 Dejonghe won Paris–Roubaix a cycling monument. He is one of two cyclists to ever win the prestigious race while sporting a mustache.

Major results

Sources:

1913: 3rd Tour of Belgium
1919: 1st Stage 2 Circuit des Champs de Bataille; 2nd Retinne - Marche - Retinne; 3rd Bordeaux–Paris; 3rd De Drie Zustersteden
1920: 2nd Tour of Flanders; 2nd Retinne - Spa - Retinne; 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium; 3rd Paris–Tours
1921: 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1922: 1st Paris–Roubaix
1923: 1st Stage 4 Tour de France; 3rd Tour of Flanders
1925: 5th Overall Tour de France
1926: 1st Paris - Angers, Angers; 6th Overall Tour de France

References

Isitt, Tom (8 April 2014). "Saddles Somme snow: tale of the toughest cycle race ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
"Paris-Roubaix previous winners". VeloNews.com. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
"Cycling's tales of the 'tache". road.cc. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
"Albert Dejonghe". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
"Albert Dejonghe". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
"Albert Dejonghe". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

External links

Albert Dejonghe at Cycling Archives (archived)
Albert Dejonghe at ProCyclingStats
Albert Dejonghe at CycleBase
Official Tour de France results for Albert Dejonghe

Paris–Roubaix winners

1880–1899
1896: Josef Fischer (GER) 1897: Maurice Garin (ITA) 1898: Maurice Garin (ITA) 1899: Albert Champion (FRA)

1900–1919

1900: Émile Bouhours (FRA)
1901: Lucien Lesna (FRA)
1902: Lucien Lesna (FRA)
1903: Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)
1904: Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)
1905: Louis Trousselier (FRA)
1906: Henri Cornet (FRA)
1907: Georges Passerieu (FRA)
1908: Cyrille Van Hauwaert (BEL)
1909: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1910: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1911: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1912: Charles Crupelandt (FRA)
1913: François Faber (LUX)
1914: Charles Crupelandt (FRA)
1915: not held due to World War I
1916: not held due to World War I
1917: not held due to World War I
1918: not held due to World War I
1919: Henri Pélissier (FRA)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1940: not held due to World War II
1941: not held due to World War II
1942: not held due to World War II
1943: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1944: Maurice Desimpelaere (BEL)
1945: Paul Maye (FRA)
1946: Georges Claes (BEL)
1947: Georges Claes (BEL)
1948: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1949: André Mahé (FRA) & Serse Coppi (ITA)
1950: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
1951: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)
1952: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1953: Germain Derycke (BEL)
1954: Raymond Impanis (BEL)
1955: Jean Forestier (FRA)
1956: Louison Bobet (FRA)
1957: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1958: Leon Vandaele (BEL)
1959: Noël Foré (BEL)

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2024
2020: cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021: Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) 2022: Dylan van Baarle (NED) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

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