Maurice Seynaeve

Maurice Seynaeve (Heule (near Kortrijk) Belgium, 31 January 1907 – Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Argentina, 28 November 1998) was a Belgian Cyclo-cross rider in the years 1928–1940. Maurice Seynaeve won the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships from 1933 to 1937. Maurice Seynaeve also participated in classical road races like Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders - 3rd place, 1928) and Ronde van België (Tour of Belgium 3rd place Stage 1, 1931).

A series of pictures from the estate of Helena and Maurice Seynaeve can be found here. In the pictures are other riders from the same period including Jean Aerts, Gustave Degreef, Eloi Meulenberg and Kamiel Vermassen

Major wins

1933: National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium
1934: National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium; Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, France (Unofficial World Championship)
1935: National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium
1936: National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium; Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, France (Unofficial World Championship)
1937: National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium

External links

Belgian Cyclo-cross Champions Belgian Champions
Criterium International Cyclo-cross List of winners
Maurice Seynaeve at Cycling Archives
Cycling Ranking Profile for Maurice Seynaeve
Cycling Museum Profile for Maurice Seynaeve

Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champions (men)
1900–1919	Philippe Thys (1910) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1912) Henri Moerenhout (1913) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1914)
1920–1939	René Vermandel (1921) Maurice De Waele (1922) Théodore Van Eetvelde (1923) Joseph Van Dam (1924) Pé Verhaegen (1925) Henri Moerenhout (1926) Jean Meeuwis (1927) Jules Goedhuys (1928) Georges Ronsse (1929–1930) Jules Goedhuys (1931) Jef Demuysere (1932) Maurice Seynaeve (1933–1937) Omer Thys (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Richard Blendeman (1941) Eugeen Jacobs (1942–1943) Frans Van Hellemont (1944) Georges Vandermeirsch (1945–1947) Frans De Coster (1948) Georges Vandermeirsch (1949) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1950) Georges Vandermeirsch (1951) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1952) Georges Furnière (1953) Frans Feremans (1954) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1955–1956) René De Rey (1957) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1958) René De Rey (1959)
1960–1979	Roger De Clercq (1960) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1961) Roger De Clercq (1962) Albert Van Damme (1963) Roger De Clercq (1964) Albert Van Damme (1965–1966) Erik De Vlaeminck (1967) Albert Van Damme (1968) Erik De Vlaeminck (1969) Albert Van Damme (1970) Erik De Vlaeminck (1971–1972) Albert Van Damme (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc De Block (1976–1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978) Jan Teugels (1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980–1989) Danny De Bie (1990–1992) Paul Herygers (1993) Peter Van Den Abeele (1994) Marc Janssens (1995) Erwin Vervecken (1996) Paul Herygers (1997) Marc Janssens (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sven Nys (2000) Mario De Clercq (2001–2002) Sven Nys (2003) Bart Wellens (2004) Sven Nys (2005–2006) Bart Wellens (2007) Sven Nys (2008–2010) Niels Albert (2011) Sven Nys (2012) Klaas Vantornout (2013) Sven Nys (2014) Klaas Vantornout (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2017)

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