Gaston Rebry

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Gaston Rebry

Personal information
Full name	Gaston Rebry
Date of birth	January 29, 1905(1905-01-29)
Date of death	July 3, 1953 (aged 48)
Country	Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
4 stages Tour de France Paris-Roubaix 1931, 1934–1935 Ronde van Vlaanderen 1934 Paris-Nice 1934
Infobox last updated on:
June 5, 2008

Gaston Rebry (Rollegem-Kapelle, 29 January 1905 –Wevelgem, 3 July 1953) was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.

In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same year; he also won Paris-Nice that year. Rebry won Paris-Roubaix three times. He also won four stages of the Tour de France.

His son, Gaston Rebry (1933-2007), was also a road-racing cyclist in the 1950s but moved to Canada in 1954 to become a landscape painter. He died on January 5, 2007

[edit] Major cycling achievements

[edit] External links

• Gaston Rebry profile at the Cycling Website
• Official Tour de France results