Sylvère Maes

Sylvère Maes
Personal information
Full name Sylvère Maes
Born 27 August 1909(1909-08-27)
Zevekote, Belgium
Died 5 December 1966(1966-12-05) (aged 57)
Ostend, Belgium
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
1936 Tour de France
1939 Tour de France
Infobox last updated on
24 May 2008

Sylvère Maes (born 27 August 1909 in Zevekote – died 5 December 1966 in Ostend) was a Belgian cyclist, who is most famous for winning the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939.

Palmarès

1932
Brussels - Luxembourg - Mondorf
Kortrijk
Den Bosch
1933
Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, Cyclo-cross (FRA)
Paris–Roubaix
Schaal Sels-Merksem
1934
Den Bosch
Oudenburg
Tour de France:
8th place overall classification
Winner stage 23
1935
Tour de France:
4th place overall classification
Winner stage 15
1936
Tour de France:
winner overall classification
Winner stages 13B, 14B, 16, 18B
1937
Tour de France:
Winner stage 5B
1938
Roeselare
1939
Circuit du Morbihan
Tour de France:
winner overall classification
Winner Mountains classification
Winner stages 15, 16B
1941
Kessel-lo
1942
Bellegem
1947
Giro d'Italia:
5th place overall classification

Grand Tour results timeline

1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Giro DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNE 5
Stages won 0
Mountains classification NR
Tour 8 4 1 DNF-17A 14 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNE
Stages won 1 1 4 1 0 2
Mountains classification 7 2 2 3 8 1
Vuelta N/A DNE DNE N/A N/A N/A N/A DNE DNE N/A N/A DNE DNE DNE
Stages won
Mountains classification
Legend
1 Winner
2–3 Top three-finish
4–10 Top ten-finish
11– Other finish
DNE Did Not Enter
DNF-x Did Not Finish (retired on stage x)
DSQ Disqualified
N/A Race/classification not held
NR Not Ranked in this classification

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Romain Gijssels
Winner of Paris–Roubaix
1933
Succeeded by
Gaston Rebry