Gaston Rebry

Gaston Rebry (29 January 1905 – 3 July 1953) was a Belgian champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.

In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Tour of Flanders 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, also named Gaston Rebry (1933–2007), too was a road-racing cyclist in the 1950s but moved to Canada in 1954 to become a landscape painter and died there on 5 January 2007.

Major results

1926 3rd, Paris–Roubaix 1928 12th, Overall, Tour de France 1st, Stage 3, (Cherbourg - Dinan) 1929 10th, Overall, Tour de France yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after stage 8 1st, Stage 14, (Nice - Grenoble) 1931 1st, Paris–Roubaix 4th, Overall, Tour de France 1st, Stage 23, (Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km) 1932 20th, Overall, Tour de France 1st, Stage 19, (Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km) 1933 14th, Overall, Tour de France 1934 1st, Paris–Roubaix 1st, Tour of Flanders 1st, Paris–Nice 1935 1st, Paris–Roubaix