Marcel Buysse

Marcel Buysse

Buysse at the 1913 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Marcel Buysse
Born	(1889-11-11)11 November 1889 Wontergem, Belgium
Died	3 October 1939(1939-10-03) (aged 49) Ghent, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road/Track
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 6 individual stages (1913) One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1914)

Marcel Buysse (Wontergem, 11 November 1889- Ghent, 3 October 1939) was a Belgian racing cyclist.

After finishing fourth in the 1912 Tour de France, Buysse led the general classification for two days ^[1] until a broken handlebar cost him dearly. Despite winning six stages in the 1913 Tour de France, he could only finish in 3rd place, 3 hours, 30 minutes and 55 seconds behind Philippe Thys. ^[2]

He finished third in the 1919 Giro d'Italia.

Marcel was the brother of Jules Buysse and Tour de France-winner Lucien Buysse, and the father of cyclists Norbert Buysse and Albert Buysse.

Major results

1910

Moorslede

1912

Tour de France:

4th place overall classification

1913

Tour de France:

3rd place overall classification

Winner stages 4, 7, 11, 12, 14 and 15

Stage 3 Ronde van België

1914

Stage 1 Ronde van België

Tour of Flanders

1919

Giro d'Italia:

3rd place overall classification

1920

Six Days of Brussels (with Alfons Spiessens)

1921

Paris — Dinant

Arlon — Oostende

1922

Six Days of Ghent (with Oscar Egg)

References

1. "Eugène Christophe, Ste. Marie de Campan and the forge". Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.
2. "Past results for Marcel Buysse". ASO/letour.fr. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2008.

External links

• Marcel Buysse at Cycling Archives