Maurice Seynaeve

Maurice Seynaeve (Heule (near Kortrijk) Belgium, 31 January 1907 – Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Argentina, 28 November 1998) was a Belgian Cyclo-cross rider in the years 1928–1940. Maurice Seynaeve won the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships from 1933 to 1937. Maurice Seynaeve also participated in classical road races like Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders - 3rd place, 1928) and Ronde van België (Tour of Belgium 3rd place Stage 1, 1931).

A series of pictures from the estate of Helena and Maurice Seynaeve can be found here. In the pictures are other riders from the same period including Jean Aerts, Gustave Degreef, Eloi Meulenberg and Kamiel Vermassen

Major wins

1933

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium

1934

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium

Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, France (Unofficial World Championship)

1935

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium

1936

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium

Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, France (Unofficial World Championship)

1937

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium

External links

• Belgian Cyclo-cross Champions Belgian Champions
• Criterium International Cyclo-cross List of winners
• Maurice Seynaeve at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Cycling Ranking Profile for Maurice Seynaeve
• Cycling Museum Profile for Maurice Seynaeve