Philippe Thys (cyclist)

Philippe Thys (Thijs)
Thys in 1913
Personal information
Full namePhilippe Thijs
NicknameLe basset (The Basset Hound)
Born(1889-10-08)8 October 1889
Anderlecht, Belgium
Died16 January 1971(1971-01-16) (aged 81)
Anderlecht, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1912–1914Peugeot–Wolber
1917–1918Peugeot–Wolber
1919–1921La Sportive
1922–1924Peugeot–Wolber
1925Automoto–Hutchinson
1927Opel–ZR III
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
National Championships (1910)
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
General classification (1913, 1914, 1920)
Mountains classification (1913)
13 individual stages (1913, 1914, 1920, 1922, 1924)

Stage races

Circuit Français Peugeot (1911)

One-day races and Classics

Giro di Lombardia (1917)
Paris–Tours (1917)
Tours–Paris (1918)
Paris–Menen (1914)
Limburgse Dageraad (1927)
Critérium des As (1921)

Philippe Thys (pronounced [fi.lip tis]; Dutch: Philippe Thijs; 8 October 1889 – 16 January 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France.

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