| José Samyn | |
| Fullname: | José Samyn |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Quiévrain, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Zingem, Belgium |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 1967-1968 |
| Proteam1: | Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune |
| Proyears2: | 1969 |
| Proteam2: | Bic |
| Majorwins: | 1 stage Tour de France (1967) Tour de Picardie (1969) |
José Samyn (11 May 1946 - 28 August 1969) was a French professional road bicycle racer who died during a race in Zingem, Belgium.
Samyn was born in Quiévrain, Belgium to a Belgian mother and French father, he took French nationality in 1964 . As an amateur, he won the 1965 French Military Cycling Championship. In 1967, he won a stage of the Tour de France. The following year, however, a dope test carried out during the Tour proved positive.[1] Samyn was expelled from the race, suspended for one month and fined.
He was the first winner of the GP Fayt-le-Franc, and after his death at Zingem the race was renamed Le Samyn (or Memorial Samyn) in his honor.