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Maurice De Waele

1896 - 1952

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Maurice De Waele (pronounced [mʌuˈriz də ˈʋaːlə]; 27 December 1896 – 14 February 1952) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. De Waele placed second in the 1927 Tour, an hour and fifty eight minutes behind Nicolas Frantz, and third in 1928, again won by Frantz. However, he is most famous for winning the 1929 Tour de France. He led the Tour until stage seven when two punctures on the way to Bordeaux cost him the yellow jersey to no less than three other riders on the same time in the general classification, Frantz, Andre Leducq and Victor Fontan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice De Waele is the 73rd most popular cyclist (down from 61st in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 425th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Maurice De Waele ranks 73 out of 1,613. Before him are Costante Girardengo, Alberto Contador, Tony Rominger, Gösta Pettersson, José Manuel Fuente, and Italo De Zan. After him are Attilio Pavesi, Bernard Thévenet, Jean Stablinski, Julio Jiménez, Adri van der Poel, and Bjarne Riis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Maurice De Waele ranks 140. Before him are Robert Gerhard, Ramón Franco, Josephine Tey, Aimo Lahti, Dodie Smith, and Alberto Demicheli. After him are Árpád Weisz, D. R. Bendre, Ken Myers, Lester Germer, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, and Edward Arthur Milne. Among people deceased in 1952, Maurice De Waele ranks 87. Before him are Antonia Maury, Juan Yagüe, Rued Langgaard, Richard Hildebrandt, Silvio Cator, and Josephine Tey. After him are Max Dehn, Constant Permeke, Ludwig Kaas, Matrona Nikonova, Petros Persakis, and Mariano Azuela.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maurice De Waele ranks 439 out of 1,190. Before him are Raymond Braine (1907), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956), Wim Mertens (1953), Michiel Sweerts (1618), and Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963). After him are Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Justine Henin (1982), Jacques Moeschal (1900), Oscar Dessomville (1876), and Cornelis Schut (1597).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Maurice De Waele ranks 20. Before him are Romain Maes (1912), Stan Ockers (1920), Briek Schotte (1919), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Herman Van Springel (1943), and Lucien Buysse (1892). After him are Marcel Kint (1914), Germain Derycke (1929), André Noyelle (1931), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Guido Reybrouck (1941), and Jean Aerts (1907).

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