Albert Dejonghe

Albert Dejonghe
Personal information
Full name	Albert Dejonghe
Born	14 February 1894; Middelkerke, Belgium
Died	23 February 1981 (aged 87); Middelkerke, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1923) One-day races and Classics Paris–Roubaix (1922)

Albert Dejonghe (14 February 1894 – 23 February 1981) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won Paris–Roubaix in 1922, one stage in the 1923 Tour de France and finished 5th and 6th in the 1925 and 1926 Tour de France.

Career

In 1919 following The Great War a race was held touring the battlefields of Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Dejonghe won stage two of the race but did not end up placing highly overall.^[1] In 1922 Dejonghe won Paris–Roubaix a cycling monument.^[2] He is one of two cyclists to ever win the prestigious race while sporting a mustache.^[3]

Major results

Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

1913: 3rd Tour of Belgium
1919: 1st Stage 2 Circuit des Champs de Bataille; 2nd Retinne - Marche - Retinne; 3rd Bordeaux–Paris; 3rd De Drie Zustersteden
1920: 2nd Tour of Flanders; 2nd Retinne - Spa - Retinne; 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium; 3rd Paris–Tours
1921: 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1922: 1st Paris–Roubaix
1923: 1st Stage 4 Tour de France; 3rd Tour of Flanders
1925: 5th Overall Tour de France
1926: 1st Paris - Angers, Angers; 6th Overall Tour de France

References

^ Isitt, Tom (8 April 2014). "Saddles Somme snow: tale of the toughest cycle race ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Paris-Roubaix previous winners". VeloNews.com. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Cycling's tales of the 'tache". road.cc. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Albert Dejonghe". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Albert Dejonghe". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Albert Dejonghe". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.