Romain Gijssels

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Romain Gijssels
Personal information
Full name Romain Gijssels
Date of birth March 10, 1907(1907-03-10)
Date of death March 31, 1978 (aged 71)
Country Flag of Belgium Belgium
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
Ronde van Vlaanderen (2x)
Paris-Roubaix
Infobox last updated on:
June 11, 2008

Romain Gijssels (Denderwindeke, 10 March 1907 - Paris, 31 March 1978) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer between 1930 and 1936.

In 1932, Gijssels won both the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same season, which (up to 2006) has only been accomplished by nine riders.

[edit] Major achievements

1931
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Grand Prix Wolber
2nd, Bordeaux-Paris
3rd, Paris-Brussels
1932
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Paris-Roubaix
Bordeaux-Paris
1933
Marseille-Lyon
St Niklaas
2nd, Critérium des As
3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
3rd, Bordeaux-Paris
1934
Paris-Belfort
2nd, Paris-Tours
32nd, Tour de France
1935
3rd, Critérium des As