Lucien Buysse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lucien Buysse

cyclist

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1892

Place of Birth: Deinze, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1980

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Lucien Buysse

  • Lucien Buysse (French pronunciation: ?[ly.sj?~ b?is?]; 11 September 1892 – 3 January 1980) was a Belgian cyclist and a champion of the Tour de France. Born in Wontergem, Buysse began racing professionally in 1914, when he entered the Tour de France but did not finish.
  • He resumed his career after World War I, entering but abandoning the Tour again in 1919 but placing third in the Paris–Roubaix classic in 1920.
  • In 1923 he completed the Tour de France and finished in eighth place.
  • In the 1924 and 1925 Tours, he rode with the Italian Automoto team led by Ottavio Bottecchia, where he was perhaps the first domestique in the history of the Tour.
  • He placed third in 1924 and second in 1925. The 1926 Tour was the longest in its history (5,745 km), with 17 stages averaging 338 km.
  • Buysse, racing with his two brothers Jules and Michel, took the yellow jersey from Gustave Van Slembrouck on stage 10 by attacking during a furious storm on the Col d'Aspin in the Pyrenees.
  • He gained almost an hour during the stage over his team leader Bottecchia who then abandoned.
  • Buysse arrived in Paris as the champion despite suffering the loss of his daughter during the race. Buysse won a total of five stages of the Tour during his career: one in 1923; two in 1925 and two in 1926.

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