Gaston Rebry (29 January 1905 â 3 July 1953) was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.
In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Tour of Flanders and ParisâÂÂRoubaix in the same year; he also won ParisâÂÂNice that year. Rebry won ParisâÂÂRoubaix three times. He also won four stages of the Tour de France.
His son, Gaston Rebry (1933âÂÂ2007), was also a road-racing cyclist in the 1950s but moved to Canada in 1954 to become a landscape painter. He died on 5 January 2007.
Major results
1926
3rd, ParisâÂÂRoubaix
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, ParisâÂÂRoubaix
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, ParisâÂÂRoubaix
1st, Tour of Flanders
1st, ParisâÂÂNice
1935
1st, ParisâÂÂRoubaix
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