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Romain Maes

1912 - 1983

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Romanus Maes (pronounced [ʁɔ.mɛ̃ maːs]; 10 August 1912 – 22 February 1983) was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end. Maes was the 13th child in his family. He started racing when he was 17. He turned professional in 1933 and won the Tour de l'Ouest (Tour of the West). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Romain Maes is the 53rd most popular cyclist (up from 74th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 476th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Romain Maes ranks 53 out of 1,613. Before him are Hugo Koblet, Sylvère Maes, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Georgios Koletis, Freddy Maertens, and Roger Pingeon. After him are Gastone Nencini, Henry Hansen, Roger Walkowiak, Stan Ockers, Ercole Baldini, and Guido Messina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Romain Maes ranks 152. Before him are Günther Lützow, Laurean Rugambwa, Richard Carlson, Ichiji Otani, Feroze Gandhi, and Vladimir Bakarić. After him are Boun Oum, Michele Andreolo, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Jure Francetić, Hasan Salama, and Khalid Bakdash. Among people deceased in 1983, Romain Maes ranks 104. Before him are Yuri Levitan, Fritz Machlup, Anthony Blunt, Shūji Terayama, John Williams, and Vladimir Bakarić. After him are Lamberto Maggiorani, Ada Blackjack, Maurice Bishop, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Thomas S. Gates Jr., and Louise Weiss.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Romain Maes ranks 385 out of 1,190. Before him are André Delvaux (1926), Giaches de Wert (1535), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919), David Teniers the Elder (1582), and George Sarton (1884). After him are Abraham Janssens (1570), Joseph Jongen (1873), Edgar P. Jacobs (1904), Léon Delacroix (1867), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), and Denis Calvaert (1540).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Romain Maes ranks 14. Before him are Firmin Lambot (1886), Odile Defraye (1888), Léon Scieur (1888), Walter Godefroot (1943), Sylvère Maes (1909), and Freddy Maertens (1952). After him are Stan Ockers (1920), Briek Schotte (1919), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Herman Van Springel (1943), Lucien Buysse (1892), and Maurice De Waele (1896).

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