Omer Huyse

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Omer Huyse Road cycling
Omer Huyse (1924)
Omer Huyse (1924)
To person
Date of birth August 22, 1898
date of death March 2, 1985
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Street
End of career 1930
Last updated: April 3, 2020
Huyse (left) with Joseph Van Dam on the 1926 tour
Bust of Huyse in Luingne

Omer Huyse (born August 22, 1898 in Kortrijk , † March 2, 1985 in Luingne ) was a Belgian cyclist. In 1924 he won the longest stage in the history of the Tour de France over 482 kilometers.

Athletic career

As a young man, Omer Huyse worked in a wool factory in Tourcoing . He rode his bike to work with his friends and was usually the fastest. As a result, his friends urged him to take part in races. In Herseaux he contested his first race; since he had no competition clothing and no racing bike, he cut off his legs from his blue work trousers and started on a normal road bike. He finished eighth and won a subsequent race in Lauwe . As a result, he initially received support from a local bicycle manufacturer.

In 1923 Omer Huyse won the Tour of Belgium in the category of “Independent” (drivers without teams) and was third in the first Paris – Arras event . The following year, Huyse received his first professional contract and started in the Tour de France . On June 30, 1924, he won the fifth stage from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bayonne , which, at 482 kilometers, was the longest stage ever to be held on the tour. It took him 19 hours and 40 minutes at an average speed of 24.5 kilometers per hour , with a one-minute and eleven-second lead over the next larger group, which included Ottavio Bottecchia and Nicolas Frantz . The stage started on June 29, 1924 in the evening at 10 p.m., the finish in Bayonne was around 6:30 p.m. the next day. In the overall ranking, Huyse came in ninth, and he also won the overall ranking of the "Independent".

At the Tour de France in 1925 , Huyse won the mountain prize on the Col du Tourmalet and was seventh in the overall tour. In 1926 he finished 13th. In 1926 and 1927 he drove together with the winner of the 1926 Tour de France Lucien Buysse for the Automoto team until the company stopped its involvement. In 1926 he was fifth on the Tour of the Basque Country .

Professional

After finishing his cycling career in 1930, Huyse first bought a chicken farm . He then opened a café in Risquons-Tout and moved to Luingne, 15 kilometers from his home town of Kortrijk. By a new contraction of the linguistic border in 1962 who lived Flame Huyse now in the French-speaking Wallonia , which was why the local newspapers notre fils adopte ( our adopted son called).

Honors

In 1982 the Tour de France passed through Mouscron, and Omer Huyse was honored with a tour medal. In 2014, on the occasion of his tour stage victory 90 years ago, a bust of him was erected in Luingne.

successes

1923
1924

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Vuelta a España - - - - - - -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 9 7th 13 - - - DNF
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Commons : Omer Huyse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Peter Knops: Omer Huyse. In: simcad.nl. July 18, 1926, accessed April 3, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Other information is 485 or 487 kilometers.
  3. ↑ a b Een lost Zoon. Koers. Museum van de Wielersport , accessed April 2, 2020 . (PDF file).
  4. ↑ Cédric Ketelair: Un Hurlu dans la légende. In: dhnet.be. July 3, 2010, accessed April 3, 2020 (French).
  5. ^ Omer Huyse - Mouscron (Luingne), Belgium. In: waymarking.com. Accessed April 3, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Huyse, Omer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Kortrijk
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1985
Place of death Luingne