Jef Demuysere
{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}}
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| image = Jef Demuysère1 Tour de France 1929.JPG
| caption = Demuysere in 1929
| full_name = Jef Demuysere
| nickname = De Vlaamse stier
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1907|07|26}}
| birth_place = Wervik, Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1969|04|30|1907|07|26}}
| death_place = Antwerp, Belgium
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| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| majorwins = Milan–San Remo (1934)
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Jef Demuysere (Wervik, 26 July 1907 – Antwerp, 30 April 1969) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the Milan–San Remo in 1934, and finished on the podium of the Tour de France in 1929 and 1931, and of the Giro d'Italia in 1932 and 1933.
Major results
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;1926
:Paris-Arras
;1927
:Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs
;1929
:Paris-Longwy
::Winner stage 10
::3rd place overall classification
;1930
:Circuit du Morbihan
::4th place overall classification
;1931
::Winner stages 15 and 18
::2nd place overall classification
;1932
:{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships
::2nd place overall classification
::8th place overall classification
;1933
::2nd place overall classification
;1934
;1935
:Poperinge
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Trivia
- In his native town Wervik, in 2007, special festivities took place to commemorate the cyclist. A statue was inaugurated and a street was baptised with his name.
External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327031627/http://www.jefdemuysere.be/ |date=27 March 2008 |title=Official site by Demuysere's birthplace, Wervik }}
- {{Cycling Archives|8748}}
- [https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/2499.html Official Tour de France results for Jef Demuysere]
{{Milan–San Remo winners}}
{{Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champion – Men's Elite}}
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Belgian Tour de France stage winners
Category:Cyclists from West Flanders
Category:Belgian cyclo-cross champions
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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