Gustaaf De Smet

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (1935–2020)}}

{{for|the painter|Gustave De Smet}}

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{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Gustaaf De Smet

| image = Gustaaf de Smet-1964.png

| caption = De Smet after winning the 1964 Championship of Flanders

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|5|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mariakerke, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|28|1935|5|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Oostakker, Belgium

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1960–1968

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1960}}

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Other stage races

:Four Days of Dunkirk (1965)

One-day races and Classics

:Schaal Sels (1960)

:Nationale Sluitingprijs (1962, 1964)

:Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1964)

:Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1966)

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Gustaaf De Smet (15 May 1935 – 28 May 2020) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/gustaaf-de-smet-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/gustaaf-de-smet-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gustaaf De Smet Olympic Results |accessdate=25 July 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}} He spent his entire professional career riding for {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1960}}. He became East-Flemish champion in 1964.

De Smet died on 28 May 2020, aged 85.[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200530_04976413 Gustaaf De Smet overleden: “Ook na zijn wielercarrière heel gedreven”] {{in lang|nl}}

Major results

Source:{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/gustaaf-desmet | title=Gustaaf De Smet | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=3 June 2020}}

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;1956

: 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

;1957

: 2nd Schaal Sels

;1960

: 1st Schaal Sels

;1961

: 3rd Omloop van Limburg

: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 8th Scheldeprijs

: 8th Paris–Tours

;1962

: 1st GP Victor Standaert

: 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs

: 5th Overall Tour du Nord

: 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 7th Scheldeprijs

;1963

: 1st GP de Denain

: 1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

: 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs

: 3rd Brabantse Pijl

: 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

;1964

: 1st 20px Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs

: 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

: 2nd De Kustpijl

: 3rd Paris–Tours

: 4th Dwars door België

: 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 8th Tour of Flanders

;1965

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5

: 2nd Paris–Tours

: 2nd Schaal Sels

: 2nd Circuit des Onze Villes

: 3rd Gent–Wevelgem

: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 3rd Nokere Koerse

: 5th Paris–Brussels

: 8th Tour of Flanders

: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

;1966

: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs

: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 3rd Paris–Roubaix

: 5th Paris–Brussels

: 5th Paris–Tours

;1967

: 1st GP Flandria

: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 3rd GP Stad Zottegem

: 5th Dwars door België

: 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

;1968

: 1st Circuit du Houtland-Torhout

: 6th Circuit des Onze Villes

: 7th Dwars door België

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