Charles Deruyter

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

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| birth_date = 27 January 1890

| birth_place = Wattrelos, Nord-Pas de Calais, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|01|24|1890|01|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Saint-Servais, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

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| proyears1 = 1912-1913

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Charles Deruyter (27 January 1890 – 24 January 1955) was a Belgian professional road and track racing cyclist. His best results on the road included second place in the 1913 Paris–Roubaix and the 1923 Tour of Flanders,{{cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Charles_Deruyter|title=Charles Deruyter|publisher=ProCyclingStats|accessdate=25 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8904|title=Charles Deruyter|publisher=Cycling Archives|accessdate=25 May 2016}} and winning the only edition of the Circuit des Champs de Bataille held as a stage race, in 1919.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2014/apr/08/circuit-champs-bataille-tale-toughest-cycle-race-ever|first=Tom|last=Isitt|title=Saddles, Somme and snow: a tale of the toughest cycle race ever|work=The Guardian|date=8 April 2014|accessdate=25 May 2016}}

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