Maurice Seynaeve

Maurice Seynaeve (Heule (near Kortrijk) Belgium, 31 January 1907 – Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Argentina, 28 November 1998) was a Belgian Cyclo-cross rider in the years 1928–1940. Maurice Seynaeve won the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships from 1933 to 1937. Maurice Seynaeve also participated in classical road races like Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders – 3rd place, 1928) and Ronde van België (Tour of Belgium 3rd place Stage 1, 1931).

A series of pictures from the estate of Helena and Maurice Seynaeve can be found here. In the pictures are other riders from the same period including Jean Aerts, Gustave Degreef, Éloi Meulenberg and Kamiel Vermassen

Major wins 1933 National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium 1934 National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, France (Unofficial World Championship) 1935 National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium 1936 National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, France (Unofficial World Championship) 1937 National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Belgium