Achiel Buysse

Achiel Buysse
Personal information
Buysse as Belgian champion in 1948
Full name	Achiel Buysse
Born	(1918-12-20)20 December 1918 Lochristi, Belgium
Died	23 July 1984(1984-07-23) (aged 65) Wetteren, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1938-1945	Dilecta
1946	Dilecta-Wolber
1947	Alcyon-Dunlop
1948	Rochet - Dunlop
1949	Rochet

Major wins
One-day races and Classics Scheldeprijs (1939, 1948) Tour of Flanders (1940, (1941), (1943) National Road Race Championship (1948) Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1948)

Achiel Buysse (1918–1984) was a Belgian cyclist. He was born on 20 December 1918 at Lochristi, Belgium and died on 23 July 1984 at Wetteren, Belgium.^[1] He was a professional cyclist from 1938 to 1950. He is the father-in-law of Michel Vaarten, and the grandfather of Pascal Elaut and Luc Colyn who were also racing cyclists.^[2]

He shares the record for victories in the Tour of Flanders, winning in 1940, 1941 and 1943.^[3]

Major results

Source:^[4]

1938: 1st Circuit of Flemish Independent Regions; 3rd Scheldeprijs
1939: 1st Scheldeprijs; 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
1940: 1st Tour of Flanders; 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde; 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
1941: 1st Tour of Flanders; 2nd Tour of Limburg; 3rd Grand Prix of 1 May
1942: 1st Across Paris; 2nd Grand Prix of 1 May; 2nd Tour of Limburg
1943: 1st Tour of Flanders; 1st Omloop Gemeente Melle; 2nd Paris–Tours; 2nd Tour of Limburg; 4th Paris–Roubaix
1946: 2nd Circuit of Central Flanders; 3rd Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes — Ichtegem
1947: 1st Bruxelles-Ostende; 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten; 1st GP J. Moerenhout; 1st GP Roeselare; 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen; 3rd Omloop Het Volk; 3rd Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt
1948: 1st National Road Race Championship; 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne; 1st Scheldeprijs; 1st Circuit of Central Flanders; 1st GP Stad Sint-Niklaas; 2nd Schelde–Dender–Leie
1949: 2nd Liège-Middelkerke
1950: 9th Paris–Roubaix

References

↑ "Achiel Buysse". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
↑ "Achiel Buysse beheerst Ronde tijdens oorlogsjaren". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 29 March 2013.
↑ "Achiel Buysse 1918 - 1984". servicekoers.be (in Dutch). 9 December 2018.
↑ "Achiel Buysse". FirstCycling.

External links

Achiel Buysse at Cycling Archives

Tour of Flanders winners
1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Vanlerberghe (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gerard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gerard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard De Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)
1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)
1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)
1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)
2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015) Peter Sagan (2016) Philippe Gilbert (2017) Niki Terpstra (2018) Alberto Bettiol (2019)
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (2020) Kasper Asgreen (2021) Mathieu van der Poel (2022) Tadej Pogačar (2023)

Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1894) Henri Luyten (1895–1896) Henri Bertrand (1897–1898) Jules Degeetere (1899)
1900–1919	Mathieu Quoidbach (1900) Paul Burger (1901) Jules Defrance (1902) Arthur Vanderstuyft (1903) Jules Sales (1904) Dieudonné Jamar (1905) Francois Verstraeten (1907–1908) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1909) Henri Hanlet (1910) Odile Defraye (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Joseph Van Daele (1913) Victor Dethier (1914) Jean Rossius (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920–1921) René Vermandel (1922) Félix Sellier (1923) René Vermandel (1924) Gerard Debaets (1925) Félix Sellier (1926) August Mortelmans (1927) Joseph Dervaes (1928) Joseph Wauters (1929–1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Georges Lemaire (1932) Louis Duerloo (1933) Louis Roels (1934) Gustave Danneels (1935) Jean Aerts (1936) Karel Kaers (1937) Petrus Van Theemsche (1938) Marcel Kint (1939)
1940–1959	Odiel Van Den Meersschaut (1940) André Defoort (1941) André Maelbrancke (1942) Rik Van Steenbergen (1943, 1945) Émile Masson Jr. (1946–1947) Achiel Buysse (1948) Valère Ollivier (1949) Albert Ramon (1950) Lode Anthonis (1951) Jozef Schils (1952) Alois Vansteenkiste (1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Emiel Van Cauter (1955) André Vlayen (1956–1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Petrus Oellibrandt (1959)
1960–1979	Frans De Mulder (1960) Michel Van Aerde (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Rik Van Looy (1963) Edward Sels (1964) Walter Godefroot (1965) Guido Reybrouck (1966) Jozef Boons (1967) Julien Stevens (1968) Roger De Vlaeminck (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Herman Van Springel (1971) Walter Godefroot (1972) Frans Verbeeck (1973) Roger Swerts (1974) Willy Teirlinck (1975) Freddy Maertens (1976) Michel Pollentier (1977–1978) Gery Verlinden (1979)
1980–1999	Jos Jacobs (1980) Roger De Vlaeminck (1981) Frank Hoste (1982) Lucien Van Impe (1983) Eric Vanderaerden (1984) Paul Haghedooren (1985) Marc Sergeant (1986) Ferdi Van Den Haute (1987) Etienne De Wilde (1988) Carlo Bomans (1989) Claude Criquielion (1990) Benjamin Van Itterbeeck (1991) Johan Museeuw (1992) Alain Van Den Bossche (1993) Wilfried Nelissen (1994–1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Tom Steels (1997–1998) Ludo Dierckxsens (1999)
2000–2019	Axel Merckx (2000) Ludovic Capelle (2001) Tom Steels (2002) Geert Omloop (2003) Tom Steels (2004) Serge Baguet (2005) Niko Eeckhout (2006) Stijn Devolder (2007) Jürgen Roelandts (2008) Tom Boonen (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Stijn Devolder (2013) Jens Debusschere (2014) Preben Van Hecke (2015) Philippe Gilbert (2016) Oliver Naesen (2017) Yves Lampaert (2018) Tim Merlier (2019)
2020–2039	Dries De Bondt (2020) Wout van Aert (2021) Tim Merlier (2022) Remco Evenepoel (2023)

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