Jean Rossius

Jean Rossius
Personal information
Full nameJean Rossius
Born(1890-12-27)27 December 1890
Soumagne, Belgium
Died2 May 1966(1966-05-02) (aged 75)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
5 stages Tour de France
Belgian National Road Race Champion

Jean Rossius (27 December 1890, Cerexhe-Heuseux, Soumagne – 2 May 1966) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the Tour de France. In the 1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the overall classification, his best finishing.

Major results

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1914
Tour de France:
Winner stages 2 and 9
Leading general classification for 4 days (joint with Philippe Thys)
1919
Liège-Malmedy-Liège
Belgium Belgian National Road Race Championships
Tour de France:
Winner stage 1[1]
1920
Retinne-Spa-Retinne
Tour de France:
Winner stages 7 and 15
1922
Paris-Saint-Étienne

References

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  1. ^ Rossius was the winner of the first stage, but received a 30 minute penalty for helping Philippe Thys illegally, therefore he was not leading the general classification after stage one.
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