Germain Derycke Explained

Germain Derycke
Full Name:Germain Derycke
Birth Date:1929 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Belgium
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1950–1951
Proteam1:Groene Leeuw
Proyears2:1952–1955
Proteam2:Alcyon-Dunlop
Proyears3:1956–1957
Proteam3:Faema-Guerra
Proyears4:1958–1959
Proteam4:Carpano
Proyears5:1960
Proteam5:Liberia-Grammont
Proyears6:1961
Proteam6:Baratti-Milano
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

Paris–Roubaix (1953)

La Flèche Wallonne (1954)

Milan–San Remo (1955)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1957)

Tour of Flanders (1958)Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 stage (1951)

Germain Derycke (2 November 1929, in Bellegem – 13 January 1978, in Kortrijk) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Derycke was a classics specialist. In his second year as a professional he came second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. In 1953 he won Paris–Roubaix.[1] He twice stood on the podium at the world road race championship, second to Fausto Coppi in 1953 and third in 1955 behind Stan Ockers and Jean-Pierre Schmitz.

Major results

1951
  • 1st stage 23 Tour de France
    1952
  • 1st Halle–Ingooigem
    1953
  • 1st Paris–Roubaix
  • 1st Tour d'Algérie
  • 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1954
  • 1st La Flèche Wallonne
  • 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
    1955
  • 1st Milan–San Remo
  • 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1956
  • 1st stages 2 & 3 Paris–Nice
  • 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
    1957
  • 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1958
  • 1st Tour of Flanders

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 51st Paris – Roubaix, 1953 . 23 April 2015 . bikeraceinfo.