Albert Dejonghe

Personal information
Full name	Albert Dejonghe
Born	(1894-02-14)14 February 1894 Middelkerke, Belgium
Died	23 February 1981(1981-02-23) (aged 87) Middelkerke, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1923) One-day races and Classics Paris–Roubaix (1922)

Albert Dejonghe (14 February 1894 – 23 February 1981) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won Paris–Roubaix in 1922, one stage in the 1923 Tour de France and finished 5th and 6th in the 1925 and 1926 Tour de France.

Career

In 1919 following The Great War a race was held touring the battlefields of Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Dejonghe won stage two of the race but did not end up placing highly overall.^[1] In 1922 Dejonghe won Paris–Roubaix a cycling monument.^[2] He is one of two cyclists to ever win the prestigious race while sporting a mustache.^[3]

Major results

Sources:^[4][5][6]

1913

3rd Tour of Belgium

1919

1st Stage 2 Circuit des Champs de Bataille

2nd Retinne - Marche - Retinne

3rd Bordeaux–Paris

3rd De Drie Zustersteden

1920

2nd Tour of Flanders

2nd Retinne - Spa - Retinne

2nd Overall Tour of Belgium

3rd Paris–Tours

1921

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1922

1st Paris–Roubaix

1923

1st Stage 4 Tour de France

3rd Tour of Flanders

1925

5th Overall Tour de France

1926

1st Paris - Angers, Angers

6th Overall Tour de France