Achiel Buysse

Achiel Buysse
Personal information
Full name	Achiel Buysse
Born	(1918-12-20)December 20, 1918 Lochristi, Belgium
Died	July 23, 1984(1984-07-23) (aged 65) Wetteren, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (1940, 1941, 1943) Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne (1948)

Achiel Buysse (1918–1984) was a Belgian cyclist. He was born December 20, 1918 at Lochristi, Belgium and died July 23, 1984 at Wetteren, Belgium. He was a professional cyclist from 1938 to 1950. He is the father-in-law of Michel Vaarten, and the grandfather of Pascal Elaut and Luc Colyn who were also racing cyclists.

He shares the record for victories in the Tour of Flanders, winning in 1940, 1941 and 1943.

Palmarès

1938: 1st Circuit of Flemish Independent Regions; 3rd Grand Prix de l'Escaut
1939: 1st Grand Prix de l'Escaut; 2nd Circuit of the Flemish Regions
1940: 1st Tour of Flanders; 3rd Circuit of the Flemish Regions
1941: 1st Tour of Flanders; 3rd Grand Prix of the 1st of May; 2nd Tour of Limburg
1942: 1st Across Paris; 2nd Grand Prix of the 1st of May; 2nd Tour of Limburg
1943: 1st Tour of Flanders; 2nd Paris–Tours; 2nd Tour of Limburg; 4th Paris–Roubaix
1946: 2nd Circuit of Central Flanders; 3rd Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes — Ichtegem
1947: 1st Bruxelles-Ostende; 1st Circuit of the Flemish Regions; 2nd Circuit of Eastern Flanders; 3rd Omloop Het Volk; 3rd Tielt-Anvers-Tielt
1948: 1st National Road Race Championship; 1st Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne; 1st Grand Prix de l'Escaut; 1st Circuit of Central Flanders; 2nd l'Escaut-Dendre-Lys
1949: 2nd Liège-Middelkerke; 9th Paris–Roubaix
1950: 9th Paris–Roubaix

External links

Achiel Buysse profile at Cycling Archives

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)

1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gérard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gérard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard de Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)

1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)

1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)

2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015) Peter Sagan (2016)

Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)

1894 Houa
1895-1896 Luyten
1897-1898 Bertrand
1899 Degeetere
1900 Quoidbach
1901 Burger
1902 Defrance
1903 Vanderstuyft
1904 Sales
1905 Jamar
1906 Not held
1907-1908 Verstraeten
1909 Van Hauwaert
1910 Hanlet
1911 Defraye
1912 Verschoore
1913 Van Daele
1914 Dethier
1915-1918 Not held
1919 Rossius
1920-1921 Vanhevel
1922 Vermandel
1923 Sellier
1924 Vermandel
1925 Debaets
1926 Sellier
1927 Mortelmans
1928 Dervaes
1929-1930 Wauters
1931 Schepers
1932 Lemaire
1933 Duerloo
1934 Roels
1935 Danneels
1936 Aerts
1937 Kaers
1938 Van Theemsche
1939 Kint
1940 Van Den Meersschaut
1941 Defoort
1942 Maelbrancke
1943 Van Steenbergen
1944 Not held
1945 Van Steenbergen
1946-1947 Masson
1948 Buysse
1949 Ollivier
1950 Ramon
1951 Anthonis
1952 Schils
1953 Vansteenkiste
1954 Van Steenbergen
1955 Van Cauter
1956-1957 Vlayen
1958 Van Looy
1959 Oellibrandt
1960 De Mulder
1961 Van Aerde
1962 Planckaert
1963 Van Looy
1964 Sels
1965 Godefroot
1966 Reybrouck
1967 Boons
1968 Stevens
1969 De Vlaeminck
1970 E. Merckx
1971 Van Springel
1972 Godefroot
1973 Verbeeck
1974 Swerts
1975 Teirlinck
1976 Maertens
1977-1978 Pollentier
1979 Verlinden
1980 Jacobs
1981 De Vlaeminck
1982 Hoste
1983 Van Impe
1984 Vanderaerden
1985 Haghedooren
1986 Sergeant
1987 Van Den Haute
1988 De Wilde
1989 Bomans
1990 Criquielion
1991 Van Itterbeeck
1992 Museeuw
1993 Van Den Bossche
1994-1995 Nelissen
1996 Museeuw
1997-1998 Steels
1999 Dierckxsens
2000 A. Merckx
2001 Capelle
2002 Steels
2003 Omloop
2004 Steels
2005 Baguet
2006 Eeckhout
2007 Devolder
2008 Roelandts
2009 Boonen
2010 Devolder
2011 Gilbert
2012 Boonen
2013 Devolder
2014 Debusschere
2015 Van Hecke

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