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Romain Gijssels

Romain Gijssels
Personal information
Full name Romain Gijssels
Born (1907-03-10)10 March 1907
Belgium
Died 31 March 1978(1978-03-31) (aged 71)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1930–1934 Dilecta
1935 Dilecta and JB Louvet
1936 Dilecta
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (2x)
Paris–Roubaix

Romain Gijssels (Denderwindeke, 10 March 1907 – Paris, 31 March 1978) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer between 1930 and 1936.

In 1932, Gijssels won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same season, which (up to 2006) has only been accomplished by nine riders.


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