René Vermandel Explained
| René Vermandel |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Zelzate, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Anderlecht, Belgium |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 1920–1921 |
| Proteam1: | Individual |
| Proyears2: | 1922–1924 |
| Proyears3: | 1925 |
| Proteam3: | Individual |
| Proyears4: | 1926 |
| Proteam4: | Opel–Pollack |
| Proyears5: | 1926 |
| Proteam5: | Méteore–Wolber |
| Proyears6: | 1927 |
| Proteam6: | Opel–ZR III |
| Proyears7: | 1928–1931 |
| Proteam7: | Individual |
René Vermandel (23 March 1893 – 20 April 1958) was a Belgian cyclist. He most notably won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1923 and 1924, as well as the 1921 Tour of Flanders. He finished in 2nd place in the 1923 Paris–Roubaix[1] and 4th place in the 1921 Paris–Roubaix.[2] He also rode in the 1921 Tour de France.[3]
Major results
- 1913
5th Liège–Bastogn–Liège
- 1920
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Paris–Brussels
8th Paris–Tours
10th Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1921
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3
1st Scheldeprijs
1st Schaal Sels
1st Paris–Dijon
1st De Drie Zustersteden
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Critérium des As
4th Paris–Roubaix
- 1922
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Critérium des As
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
1st Overall Criterium du Midi
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
1st Jemeppe–Marche–Jemeppe
1st Stage 1
3rd Paris–Brussels
- 1923
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Schaal Sels
1st Overall Circuit de Champagne
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st
2nd Paris–Roubaix
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 4
- 1924
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Scheldeprijs
1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3 Criterium du Midi
2nd Tour of Flanders
3rd Schaal Sels
- 1925
1st Overall Criterium du Midi
1st Stage 1
3rd Schaal Sels
- 1926
1st Rund um Leipzig
2nd Schaal Sels
- 1927
1st Rund um Leipzig
- 1928
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3Notes and References
- Web site: 24th Paris – Roubaix, 1923 . 2 April 2015 . bikeraceinfo.
- Web site: 22nd Paris – Roubaix, 1921 . 12 March 2015 . bikeraceinfo.
- Web site: 15ème Tour de France 1921. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. 19 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120211105801/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1921.php. 11 February 2012.
