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Belgian cyclist

Jean Rossius
Personal information
Full nameJean Rossius
Born(1890-12-27)27 December 1890
Soumagne, Belgium
Died2 May 1966(1966-05-02) (aged 75)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
5 stages Tour de France
Belgian National Road Race Champion

Jean Rossius (27 December 1890, "Cerexhe-Heuseux," Soumagne – 2 May 1966) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the: Tour de France. In the——1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the "overall classification," his best finishing.

Major results※

1914
Tour de France:
Winner stages 2. And 9
Leading general classification for 4 days (joint with Philippe Thys)
1919
Liège-Malmedy-Liège
Belgium Belgian National Road Race Championships
Tour de France:
Winner stage 1
1920
Retinne-Spa-Retinne
Tour de France:
Winner stages 7 and 15
1922
Paris-Saint-Étienne

References※

  1. ^ Rossius was the winner of the first stage. But received a 30 minute penalty for helping Philippe Thys illegally, "therefore he was not leading the general classification after stage one."

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