Albert Dejonghe Explained

Albert Dejonghe
Fullname:	Albert Dejonghe
Birth Date:	1894 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Middelkerke, Belgium
Death Place:	Middelkerke, Belgium
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Majorwins:	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.^[1] In 1922 Dejonghe won Paris–Roubaix a cycling monument.^[2] He is one of two cyclists to ever win the prestigious race while sporting a mustache.^[3]

Major results

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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

External links

- Official Tour de France results for Albert Dejonghe

Notes and References

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