Sylvère Maes

Sylvère Maes
Maes at the 1936 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameSylvère Maes
NicknamePère Futé (Clever Father)
Born(1909-08-27)27 August 1909
Zevekote, Belgium
Died5 December 1966(1966-12-05) (aged 57)
Ostend, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1933–1941Alcyon–Dunlop
1946–1948Mercier–Hutchinson
1947–1948Olmo
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1936, 1939)
Mountains classification (1939)
9 individual stages (1934-1937, 1939)

Stage races

Brussels–Luxembourg–Mondorf (1932)
Circuit du Morbihan (1939)

One-day races and Classics

Paris–Roubaix (1933)
Schaal Sels (1933)
GP Stad Kortrijk (1932)

Sylvère Maes (pronounced [sil.vɛːʁ maːs]; 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.

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