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Historic Overview Julien Vervaecke

Rider

Overall Rank313
NameJulien VERVAECKE
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth03-Nov-1899 - Dadizele (West Vlaanderen)
Date of death26-May-1940 - Roncq-Fra (Nord Pas de Calais)

Biography

Julien Vervaecke

Julien Vervaecke (3 November 1899 – May 1940) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Brussels, 2 stages in the Tour de France and finished 3rd in the 1927 Tour de France. At the start of the Second World War Battle of Belgium, when a British army detachment withdrawing from the area and in the process of blowing up a bridge at Menen, where Vervaecke owned a restaurant. The British wanted to get furniture from the establishment in order to set up a roadblock, but he refused. The situation heated up because the bad temper of Vervaecke, added to the fact that he speak a poor English. He was arrested by the soldiers, taken to Park Torris in Roncq and shot dead. His body was found weeks later, so the exact date of his death is not known.

The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau investigated the case as an allied war crime.

Vervaecke was born in Dadizele, Belgium, and died in Roncq, France.

Julien's younger brother, Félicien Vervaecke, was also a successful cyclist.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Circuit de Belgique 1928
Grand Prix Wolber 1928
Paris - Bruxelles 1932
Paris - Roubaix 1930
Tour de France - stages 1927 (1), 1929 (1)
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Seasons

Julien Vervaecke - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1924 Individual 39 408
2. 1925 Individual 108 210
3. 1926 Individual 91 255
4. 1927 Armor - Dunlop 2148 7
5. 1928 Armor - Dunlop 2778 5
6. 1929 Alcyon - Dunlop 1681 13
7. 1930 Alcyon - Dunlop 958 35
8. 1931 Alcyon - Dunlop 2039 13
9. 1932 Labor 1149 29
10. 1933 Labor 612 72
11. 1934 Labor 186 181
12. 1935 Alcyon - Dunlop 3 1157
13. 1936 Birma 11 900
Overall: 11803 313