Antoine Dignef Explained

Antoine Dignef
Birth Date:3 October 1910
Birth Place:Velm, Belgium
Death Place:Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1932
Proteam1:Individual
Proyears2:1933–1934
Proteam2:Génial Lucifer–Hutchinson
Proyears3:1934
Proteam3:Depas
Proyears4:1935–1937
Proteam4:Colin–Wolber
Proyears5:1938
Proteam5:Victoria
Proyears6:1938–1940

Antoine Dignef (3 October 1910 – 9 April 1991) was a Belgian cyclist. He is best known for finishing 3rd overall and winning two stages of the Vuelta a España, making him the first ever winner of a stage in the Vuelta. He also won Scheldeprijs in 1938 and finished second in the 1935 Paris–Nice.[1]

Major results

1932
  • 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stages 2 & 7
    1933
  • 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 7
    1934
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
  • 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1935
  • 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stages 1 & 4
  • 9th Paris–Roubaix
    1936
  • 9th La Flèche Wallonne
  • 9th Overall Paris–Nice
    1938
  • 1st Scheldeprijs
    1939
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Antoine Dignef . ProCyclingStats . 16 June 2018.