Sylvère Maes [SEP] date of death
Sylvère Maes
Sylvère Maes (; 27 August 1909 – 5 December 1966) was a Belgian cyclist, who is most famous for winning the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939. In 1937, Maes left the 1937 Tour de France together with his Belgian team while he was leading the general classification, in response to actions from French spectators and decisions from the jury.
Biography.
Born in 1909 as the youngest in a family of ten children, Maes rode his first cycling race in 1928, and immediately was one
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