{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Germain Derycke | image = Germain Derycke (1954).jpg | caption = Derycke in 1954 | full_name = Germain Derycke | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|11|2}} | birth_place = Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|1|13|1929|11|2}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 1950–1951 | proteam1 = Groene Leeuw | proyears2 = 1952–1955 | proteam2 = Alcyon-Dunlop | proyears3 = 1956–1957 | proteam3 = Faema-Guerra | proyears4 = 1958–1959 | proteam4 = Carpano | proyears5 = 1960 | proteam5 = Liberia-Grammont | proyears6 = 1961 | proteam6 = Baratti-Milano | majorwins = '''One-day races and Classics''' :Paris–Roubaix (1953) :La Flèche Wallonne (1954) :Milan–San Remo (1955) :Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1957) :Tour of Flanders (1958) '''Grand Tours''' :'''Tour de France''' ::1 stage (1951) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{BEL}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1953 Lugano|Elite Men's Road Race}} {{MedalBronze|1955 Frascati|Elite Men's Road Race}} }}
'''Germain Derycke''' (2 November 1929, in Bellegem – 13 January 1978, in Kortrijk) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Derycke was a classics specialist. In his second year as a professional he came second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. In 1953 he won Paris–Roubaix.<ref name="bikeraceinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/pr1953.html |title=51st Paris – Roubaix, 1953 |access-date=23 April 2015 |work=bikeraceinfo}}</ref> He twice stood on the podium at the world road race championship, second to Fausto Coppi in 1953 and third in 1955 behind Stan Ockers and Jean-Pierre Schmitz.
==Major results== {{palmares start}} ;1951 :1st stage 23 Tour de France ;1952 :1st Halle–Ingooigem ;1953 : 1st Paris–Roubaix :1st Tour d'Algérie :2nd 15px Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1954 :1st La Flèche Wallonne :1st Dwars door Vlaanderen ;1955 :1st Milan–San Remo :3rd 15px Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1956 :1st stages 2 & 3 Paris–Nice :1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde ;1957 :1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège :1st Tre Valli Varesine ;1958 :1st Tour of Flanders {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{Cycling Archives|8908}} *[http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3191.html Official Tour de France results for Germain Derycke] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111610/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3191.html |date=26 February 2019 }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Derycke, Germain}} Category:1929 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Belgian Tour de France stage winners Category:Cyclists from Kortrijk Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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