Jules Buysse

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}}

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| name = Jules Buysse

| image = Buysse gadegeslagen door een koe Buysse passing a cow.jpg

| caption = Jules Buysse wins the first stage in the Tour de France 1926

| fullname = Jules Buysse

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1901|08|13}}

| birth_place = Wontergem, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1950|12|31|1901|08|13}}

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 individual stage (1926)

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Jules Buysse (13 August 1901 – 31 December 1950) was a Belgian racing cyclist.

Buysse was the youngest of three brothers who competed in the Tour de France. He won the first stage of 1926 Tour de France by 13 minutes and 6 seconds, allowing him to wear the yellow jersey for two days{{cite web|url=http://www.radsport-seite.de/tour1929.html|title=Tour de France 1929|language=German}} until losing it to fellow Belgian Gustave Van Slembrouck. He finished the tour in 9th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2222.html|title=Past results for Jules Buysse|publisher=ASO/letour.fr|access-date=14 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304102038/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2222.html|archive-date=4 March 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

His brothers were Lucien Buysse, who won the 1926 Tour de France, and Marcel Buysse who won six stages on the 1913 Tour.

Major results

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;1925

:1925 Tour de France:

::15th place overall classification

;1926

:1926 Tour de France:

::Winner stage 1

::Leading general classification for two days

::9th place overall classification

;1932

:1932 Tour de France:

::40th place overall classification

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