Romain Gijssels

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Romain Gijssels

Personal information
Full name	Romain Gijssels
Date of birth	March 10, 1907(1907-03-10)
Date of death	March 31, 1978 (aged 71)
Country	Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Ronde van Vlaanderen (2x) Paris-Roubaix
Infobox last updated on:
June 11, 2008

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 Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same season, which (up to 2006) has only been accomplished by nine riders.

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