Jean Rossius

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ridername = Jean Rossius


fullname = Jean Rossius
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dateofbirth = birth date|1890|12|27
dateofdeath = death date and age|1966|05|02|1890|12|27
country = BEL
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = 5 stages Tour de France BEL road race championship
updated = June 9, 2008

Jean Rossius (born at Cerexhe-Heuseux on 27 December 1890, died 2 May 1966) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the Tour de France. In the 1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the overall classification, his best finishing.

Palmarès

;1914:Tour de France:::Winner stages 2 and 9::Leading general classification for 4 days (joint with Philippe Thys);1919:Liège-Malmedy-Liège: flagicon|BEL Belgian National Road Race Championships:Tour de France:::Winner stage 1 [Rossius was the winner of the first stage, but received a 30 minute penalty for helping Philippe Thys illegally, therefore he was not leading the general classification after stage one.] ;1920:Retinne-Spa-Retinne :Tour de France:::Winner stages 7 and 15;1922:Paris-Saint-Étienne

References

External links

*cyclingwebsite|4686
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/1816.html Official Tour de France results for Jean Rossius]