Sylvain Grysolle
Monument to Sylvain Grysolle in Wichelen | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | December 12, 1915 |
date of death | January 19, 1985 |
nation | Belgium |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | Classic hunter |
End of career | 1950 |
Sylvain Grysolle (born December 12, 1915 in Wichelen , † January 19, 1985 in Aalst ) was a Belgian cyclist. His professional career lasted from 1936 to 1950.
Sylvain Grysolle was considered a classic hunter . Already in 1935 and 1936 he won the Schaal Sels Merksem race , in 1937 the Scheldeprijs and the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem . In 1938 he won the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen and the Omloop of the Vlaamse Gewesten .
The outbreak of World War II also had an impact on international cycling races, but Grysolle was able to celebrate its greatest successes especially during and after the war. In 1941 he won the Walloon Arrow , in 1945 the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen for the second time and also the Tour of Flanders (ahead of Albert Sercu and Joseph Moerenhout ), in 1946 he took second place at Paris-Brussels behind Briek Schotte , which he won in 1948 at the Omloop Het Volk (before Fausto Coppi and Marcel Hendrickx ) followed.
A total of 43 victories have been recorded for him, 23 of them in road races and 10 each in criteria or stage races.
successes
1935
1936
- Brussels-Bellaire
- Schaal Sels
- Ghent-Antwerp
1937
1938
1939
- 4 stages tour of Germany
- 1 stage tour of Belgium
1941
1944
- 1944 - Grote 1-Mei Prijs
1945
- Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Koolskamp
- Tour of Flanders
1946
- Elfstedenronde
1948
Teams
- 1935 - individual
- 1936 - Dilecta
- 1937 - Dilecta
- 1938 - Dilecta
- 1939 - Dilecta
- 1940 - Dilecta
- 1941 - Dilecta
- 1942 - Dilecta - Wolber
- 1943 - Dilecta - Wolber
- 1944 - individual
- 1945 - individual
- 1946 - Rochet-Dunlop
- 1947 - Rochet-Dunlop
- 1948 - Rochet-Dunlop
- 1949 - Rochet-Dunlop
- 1949 - radium
- 1950 - zircon
- 1950 - Rochet-Dunlop
Web links
- Sylvain Grysolle in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Sylvain Grysolle in the ProCyclingStats.com database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grysolle, Sylvain |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wichelen |
DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1985 |
Place of death | Aalst |