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    Sylvère Maes (pronounced [sil.vɛːʁ maːs]; 27 August 1909 – 5 December 1966) was a Belgian cyclist, who is most famous for winning the Tour de France in...
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    instead of helping his team leader Sylvère Maes. Vissers won the stage, but Vietto was able to stay with Maes. Maes climbed to the second place in the...
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    cyclist Sylvère Maes. In the early stages, he battled with French Maurice Archambaud, until Archambaud lost many minutes on the eighth stage. Maes was then...
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  • Maes or Maës is a Dutch and Spanish (Maes/e) patronymic surname. It is the third most common surname in Belgium (25,683 people). Notable people with the...
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    + 27′ 31″ 3 1935  Belgium Romain Maes Belgium 4,338 km (2,696 mi) 141h 23′ 00″ + 17′ 52″ 3 1936  Belgium Sylvère Maes Belgium 4,442 km (2,760 mi) 142h...
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    abandoned the race. Maes rode on the track for several years with his namesake, Sylvère Maes, to whom he wasn't related. Romain Maes stopped racing in 1944...
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    twelve times, by eight different cyclists: 1938: Gino Bartali 1939: Sylvère Maes 1948: Gino Bartali 1949: Fausto Coppi 1952: Fausto Coppi 1959: Federico...
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    all occupied by Belgian cyclists; Romain Maes, Vervaecke and Sylvère Maes. In the sixteenth stage Romain Maes ran into trouble for the first time in 1935...
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  • from the first day all the way to Paris. René Pottier, Roger Lapébie, Sylvère Maes, Fausto Coppi and Bradley Wiggins all won the Tour de France the last...
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    d'Iseran from Bonneval-sur-Arc to Bourg-Saint-Maurice and was won by Sylvere Maes by four minutes. The pass has been used five times on the Tour de France...
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  • 46 reached Paris. Among other riders to abandon were the race leader Sylvère Maes of Belgium and all his team, in protest against a judging decision. Holland...
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    Büdingen is its twin town. The most famous inhabitant of Gistel was Sylvère Maes, winner of the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939. Another former resident...
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    first stage. The complete Belgian team (including 1936 and 1939 winner Sylvère Maes) withdraw from the race because of "French chauvinism". Complaints from...
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    Lambot Belgium 1919–1922 0 2 0 2 André Leducq France 1930–1932 0 2 0 2 Sylvère Maes Belgium 1936–1939 0 2 0 2 Antonin Magne France 1931–1934 0 2 0 2 Lucien...
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    (2/2) 1935 Vasco Bergamaschi (1/1) Romain Maes (1/1) Gustaaf Deloor (1/2) 1936 Gino Bartali (1/5) Sylvère Maes (1/2) Gustaaf Deloor (2/2) 1937 Gino Bartali...
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    Pottier (FRA), died before next race 1937 –  Roger Lapébie (FRA) 1939 –  Sylvère Maes (BEL), last Tour before World War II 1952 –  Fausto Coppi (ITA) 2012...
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    Vietto (FRA) 1935 15 Perpignan Bagnères-de-Luchon  Sylvère Maes (BEL) 1936 16 Bagnères-de-Luchon Pau  Sylvère Maes (BEL) 1937 15 Bagnères-de-Luchon Pau  Julián...
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    Negrini (ITA) 1933  Learco Guerra (ITA) (1/2)  Alfons Schepers (BEL) (3/4)  Sylvère Maes (BEL)  François Gardier (BEL)  Domenico Piemontesi (ITA) 1934  Jef Demuysere (BEL)...
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  • and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973) 1909 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966) 1909 – Charles Pozzi, French race car driver...
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  • sticker. In 1936 the Belgian Romain Maes, appeared to win but judges declared Frenchman Georges Speicher the winner and Maes second. Shouting began in the stands...
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    director Jacques Goddet that passed Maes, immediately stopped to help Maes, who had a gaping wound in his forehead. Maes had to stop the race. Speicher was...
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  • Archambaud (FRA) 4th 1935 Romain Maes Belgium 1, Paris — Lille July 4, 1935 Opening stage winner 1936 Sylvère Maes Belgium 8, Grenoble — Briançon July...
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    (1929) Julien Vervaecke (1930) Gaston Rebry (1931) Romain Gijssels (1932) Sylvère Maes (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934–1935) Georges Speicher (1936) Jules Rossi (1937)...
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  • (158 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Sylvère Maes from Belgium. "34th Paris – Roubaix, 1933". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 10...
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  • 170 km. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Romain Maes, Stan Ockers, Rik Van Looy and Jan Janssen. "Stekene (Bel) - Crit". Memoire-du-cyclisme...
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  • times (1913, 1914 and 1920) while Firmin Lambot (1919 and 1922) and Sylvère Maes (1936 and 1939) both won twice. The latest Belgian winner at the Tour...
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    (1929) Julien Vervaecke (1930) Gaston Rebry (1931) Romain Gijssels (1932) Sylvère Maes (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934–1935) Georges Speicher (1936) Jules Rossi (1937)...
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  • West Indies Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana Tour de France Sylvère Maes wins the 30th Tour de France Giro d'Italia Gino Bartali of Legnano wins...
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  • Philippe Thys won the most prestigious tour 3 times while Firmin Lambot and Sylvère Maes won it twice. The last Belgian winner at the Tour de France however was...
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    Gijssels (BEL) Belgium s.t. 5  Ambrogio Morelli (ITA) Individual s.t. 6  Sylvère Maes (BEL) Individual s.t. =7  Giovanni Cazzulani (ITA) Italy s.t. =7  Giuseppe...
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