Gustave Danneels
Gustave Danneels (Loos-en-Gohelle

Loos-en-Gohelle

Loos-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D943 and the A21 autoroute. Its nearest neighbours are Lens to the south, Grenay to the...

, France

France

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, 6 September 1913 – Knokke

Knokke

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, 13 April 1976) was a Belgian

Belgium

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 professional road bicycle racer. He is known for bronze medals in the 1934 and the 1935 Road World Championships and his victories in Paris–Tours. When winning the 1936 edition of Paris-Tours Danneels was awarded the Ruban Jaune

Ruban Jaune

The Ruban Jaune is a cycling trophy created in 1936 by Henri Desgrange, awarded to the rider recording the fastest average speed in a professional cycling race or stage longer than 200km. The trophy’s name is thought is to have come from comparison with the Blue Riband trophy awarded to the...

 for recording the fastest time in a professional race.

Palmares

1931

U17 Road Race Champion

1933

Independent Road Race Champion

1934

Paris–Tours

GP d'Europe

World Road Race Championship

1935

Road Race Champion

Winner Stage 2, Tour of Belgium

Tour of Belgium

The Tour of Belgium is a four-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium.It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several of races were not organised and none at all during the decade 1991 to 2001...

World Road Race Championship

1936

Paris–Tours

Winner stages 3 and 6 Paris–Nice

1937

Paris–Tours

Tour de France

1937 Tour de France

The 1937 Tour de France was the 31st Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 25, 1937. It consisted of 20 stages with a total length of 4415 km, ridden at an average speed of 31.768 km/h....

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Winner stage 11B

1938

Winner stages 4 & 5, Tour du Sud-Ouest

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Gustave Danneels