René De Smet

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

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René De Smet (17 January 1931 – 15 September 1985) was a Belgian racing cyclist.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8955 |title=René De Smet |work=Cycling Archives |accessdate=30 August 2020}} He rode in the 1953 Tour de France.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=114917 |title=Tour de France 1953 |work=Cycling Archives |accessdate=30 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1953.php|title=40ème Tour de France 1953|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306132233/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1953.php|archivedate=6 March 2012}}