Gaston Rebry
Gaston Rebry (29 January 1905 in Rollegem-Kapelle – 3 July 1953 in Wevelgem) was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.
 Rebry at the 1929 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gaston Rebry |
| Born | 29 January 1905 Rollegem-Kapelle, Belgium |
| Died | 3 July 1953 (aged 48) Wevelgem, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| 4 stages Tour de France Paris–Roubaix 1931, 1934–1935 Tour of Flanders 1934 Paris–Nice 1934 | |
In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same year; he also won Paris–Nice that year. Rebry won Paris–Roubaix three times. He also won four stages of the Tour de France.
His son, Gaston Rebry (1933–2007), was also a road-racing cyclist in the 1950s but moved to Canada in 1954 to become a landscape painter. He died on January 5, 2007
Major results
- 1926
- 3rd, Paris–Roubaix
- 1928
- 12th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1929
- 10th, Overall, Tour de France
- yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after stage 8
- 1st, Stage 14, (Nice - Grenoble)
- 1931
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
- 4th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 23, (Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km)
- 1932
- 20th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 19, (Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km)
- 1933
- 14th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1934
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
- 1st, Tour of Flanders
- 1st, Paris–Nice
- 1935
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
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