Gaston Rebry
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Gaston Rebry |
Born | Rollegem-Kapelle, Belgium | 29 January 1905
Died | 3 July 1953 Wevelgem, Belgium | (aged 48)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
4 stages Tour de France Paris–Roubaix 1931, 1934–1935 Tour of Flanders 1934 Paris–Nice 1934 |
Gaston Rebry (29 January 1905, in Rollegem-Kapelle – 3 July 1953, in Wevelgem) was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.
In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same year; he also won Paris–Nice that year. Rebry won Paris–Roubaix three times. He also won four stages of the Tour de France.
His son, Gaston Rebry (1933–2007), was also a road-racing cyclist in the 1950s but moved to Canada in 1954 to become a landscape painter. He died on January 5, 2007
Major cycling achievements
- 1926
- 3rd, Paris–Roubaix
- 1928
- 12th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1929
- 10th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st (after Stage 8), Maillot jaune, General classification leader
- 1st, Stage 14, (Nice - Grenoble)
- 1931
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
- 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, Paris–Roubaix
- 1st, Tour of Flanders
- 1st, Paris–Nice
- 1935
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
External links
- Gaston Rebry at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results