Jean Rossius
{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
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| name = Jean Rossius
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1890|12|27}}
| birth_place = Soumagne, Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|05|02|1890|12|27}}
| death_place = Liège, Belgium
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| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| majorwins = 5 stages Tour de France
Belgian National Road Race Champion
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Jean Rossius (27 December 1890 – 2 May 1966) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the Tour de France. In the 1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the overall classification, his best finishing.
Major results
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;1914
::Winner stages 2 and 9
::Leading general classification for 4 days (joint with Philippe Thys)
;1919
:Liège-Malmedy-Liège
: {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian National Road Race Championships
::Winner stage 1Rossius was the winner of the first stage, but received a 30 minute penalty for helping Philippe Thys illegally, therefore he was not leading the general classification after stage one.
;1920
:Retinne-Spa-Retinne
::Winner stages 7 and 15
;1922
:Paris-Saint-Étienne
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References
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External links
- {{Cycling Archives|4686}}
- [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/1816.html Official Tour de France results for Jean Rossius]
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Belgian Tour de France stage winners
Category:Cyclists from Liège Province
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