Marcel Buysse

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Marcel Buysse
Personal information
Full name Marcel Buysse
Date of birth November 11, 1889 (1889-11-11)
Date of death October 3, 1939 (aged 49)
Country Flag of Belgium Belgium
Team information
Discipline Road/Track
Role Rider
Major wins
3rd place 1913 Tour de France
6 Tour de France stages
Six Days of Ghent
Infobox last updated on:
May 16, 2008

Marcel Buysse (Wontergem, November 11, 1889- Ghent, October 3, 1939) was a Belgian racing cyclist, who won six stages in the 1913 Tour de France, and finished 3rd place that year[1], having lead the general classification for two days.[2].

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

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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
Ronde van Vlaanderen
1920
Six Days of Brussels (with Alfons Spiessens)
1921
Paris - Dinant
Arlon - Oostende
1922
Six Days of Ghent (with Oscar Egg)

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Persondata
NAME Buysse, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 1889-11-1
PLACE OF BIRTH Wontergem, Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 1939-10-03
PLACE OF DEATH Ghent, Belgium