Marcel Buysse

Marcel Buysse during the Tour de France 1913

Marcel Buysse (born November 11, 1889 in Wontergem , † October 3, 1939 in Gent ) was a Belgian cyclist .

At the Tour de France in 1912 , Marcel Buysse finished fourth in the overall standings. In 1913 Buysse was third on the tour . After being in the lead for two days, a defect in the handlebars threw him back on the eighth stage in the overall standings. Altogether he won six stages on this tour, but was three and a half hours behind the first, his compatriot Philippe Thys .

In 1914 Buysse won the Tour of Flanders . In 1919 he finished third in the overall ranking of the Giro d'Italia and was the first foreigner on the podium in Italy. Buysse then competed in 30 six-day races, of which he won three: 1920 in Brussels with Alfons Spiessens , 1922 in Ghent with Oscar Egg and 1924 in New York with Maurice Brocco .

Marcel Buysse comes from a family of racing cyclists. He was the oldest of four successful brothers, hence his nickname “de Grote”. His brother Lucien won the Tour de France in 1926 , while his brother Jules finished ninth in the same event. His nephew of the same name and his sons were also racing cyclists. He is not related to the future Belgian road master Achiel Buysse .

Individual evidence

↑ At that time, the drivers were not allowed to use replacement material, but had to repair their bikes themselves if they were defective. He shared this fate with the later sixth on the tour, Eugène Christophe , who had a broken fork and also lost a lot of time.

Web links

Marcel Buysse in the Radsportseiten.net database

Marcel Buysse in the Tour de France database(French / English )

personal data
SURNAME	Buysse, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wontergem
DATE OF DEATH	October 3, 1939
Place of death	Ghent

[1] At that time, the drivers were not allowed to use replacement material, but had to repair their bikes themselves if they were defective. He shared this fate with the later sixth on the tour, Eugène Christophe , who had a broken fork and also lost a lot of time.