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Marcel Buysse 
Personal information Full name Marcel Buysse Born 11 November 1889
BelgiumDied 3 October 1939 (aged 49) Team information Discipline Road/Track Role Rider Major wins 3rd place 1913 Tour de France
6 Tour de France stages
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16 May 2008Marcel Buysse (Wontergem, 11 November 1889- Ghent, 3 October 1939) was a Belgian racing cyclist.
After finishing fourth in the 1912 Tour de France, Buysse led the general classification for two days [1] until a broken handlebar cost him dearly. Despite winning six stages in the 1913 Tour de France, he could only finish in 3rd place, 3 hours, 30 minutes and 55 seconds behind Philippe Thys.[2]
He finished third in the 1919 Giro d'Italia.
Marcel was the brother of Jules Buysse and Tour de France-winner Lucien Buysse, and the father of cyclists Norbert Buysse and Albert Buysse.
Palmares
- 1910
- Moorslede
- 1912
- Tour de France:
- 4th place overall classification
- 1913
- Tour de France:
- 3rd place overall classification
- Winner stages 4, 7, 11, 12, 14 and 15
- Stage 3 Ronde van België
- 1914
- Stage 1 Ronde van België
- Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 1919
- Giro d'Italia:
- 3rd place overall classification
- 1920
- Six Days of Brussels (with Alfons Spiessens)
- 1921
- Paris - Dinant
- Arlon - Oostende
- 1922
- Six Days of Ghent (with Oscar Egg)
References
External links
- Marcel Buysse profile at Cycling Archives
Categories:- Belgian cyclists
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- 1889 births
- 1939 deaths
- Belgian cycling biography stubs
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