Georges Ronsse
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| Full name | George Ronsse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1906 Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 July 1969 (aged 63) Berchem, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road, track and cyclo-cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1926–1929 | Automoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1933 | La Française | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
Major results[edit]
Road race[edit]
- 1925
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 6th Overall Tour of Belgium Independents
- 1st Stage 6
- 1926
- 3rd Championship of Flanders
- 3rd Omloop der Leiestreek
- 1927
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Bordeaux–Paris
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st Circuit of North-Belgium
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 1928
- 1st
Road race, UCI World Championships - 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st Rupelmonde
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Circuit de Paris (fr)
- 1929
- 1st Road race, UCI World Championships
- 1st Bordeaux–Paris
- 2nd
Belgian National Road Race Championships - 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 1930
- 1st Bordeaux–Paris
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1st GP Wolber
- 1st Antwerp–Brussels–Antwerp
- 2nd Circuit du Midi
- 3rd
Road race, UCI World Championships - 6th Paris–Tours
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 1931
- 2nd Circuit de Paris (fr)
- 3rd Paris–Lille (fr)
- 3rd GP Wolber
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 1932
- Tour de France
- Winner stage 4
- 5th place overall classification
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Paris–Brussels
- 1933
- 1st GP Stad Antwerpen
- 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 1 & 4
Cyclo cross[edit]
- 1927
- 2nd National Championships
- 1928
- 2nd National Championships
- 2nd Critérium International de Cyclo-cross (fr)
- 1929
- 1st
National Championships - 1930
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd Critérium International de Cyclo-cross (fr)
- 1931
- 3rd Critérium International de Cyclo-cross (fr)
- 1933
- 1st Cyclo-cross championship of Antwerp
Track Cycling[edit]
- 1934
- 1st Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
- 1935
- 1st Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
- 3rd Motor-paced, UCI Track World Championships, Brussels
- 1936
- 1st Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
- 3rd Motor-paced, UCI Track World Championships, Zürich
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Adolf Schön)
- 1937
- 3rd
Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr) - 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Maurice Depauw)
- 1938
- 2nd Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
References[edit]
- ^ "Georges Ronsse". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Palmarès de Georges Ronsse (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ 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[edit]
- Georges Ronsse at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Georges Ronsse
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