Marcel Buysse

Marcel Buysse ( born November 11, 1889 in Wontergem; † October 3, 1939 in Ghent ) was a Belgian racing cyclist.

At the Tour de France 1912 Marcel Buysse took fourth place in the overall standings. 1913 Buysse was third in the Tour. After two days in the lead, a defect threw it on the handlebars back to the eighth stage in the overall standings. Overall, he won on this tour: six stages, but had on the First, his compatriot Philippe Thys, a backlog of three and a half hours.

1914 Buysse won the Tour of Flanders. In 1919 he finished third in the overall classification of the Giro d' Italia and was the first foreigner on the podium in Italy. Then started Buysse at 30 six-day races, of which he won three: 1920 in Brussels with Alfons Spiessens, 1922 in Ghent with Oscar Egg and 1924 in New York with Maurice Brocco.

Marcel Buysse comes from a family of cyclists. He was the eldest of four successful brothers, so his nickname " de Grote ". His brother Lucien won the Tour de France in 1926, Brother Jules was at the same host ninth. His eponymous nephew and his sons were racing cyclist. He is not related to the later Belgian road champion Achiel Buysse.

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