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Belgian cyclist

Léon Devos
Personal information
Léon Devos in 1926
Born	17 January 1896 Ardooie, Belgium
Died	23 August 1963(1963-08-23) (aged 67)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (1922)

Léon Devos (17 January 1896 – 23 August 1963) was a Belgian racing cyclist who won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1919 and the Tour of Flanders in 1922.

Major results

1919

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1920

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1922

1st Tour of Flanders

1923

3rd Arlon-Ostende

5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1924

1st

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st De Drie Zustersteden

7th Paris-Roubaix

8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1925

2nd Overall Tour du Sud-Ouest

1st Stage 4

1926

2nd Overall Tour du Sud-Ouest

1st Stages 2, 3 and 7

1927: 2nd GP Pascuas; 3rd Circuit de la Vienne

References

"Leon Devos". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
Léon Devos at Cycling Archives (archived)

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Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919
1913: Paul Deman (BEL) 1914: Marcel Buysse (BEL) 1915: not held due to World War I 1916: not held due to World War I 1917: not held due to World War I 1918: not held due to World War I 1919: Henri Vanlerberghe (BEL)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2039
2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN) 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2023: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

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Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners

1880–1899
1892: Léon Houa (BEL) 1893: Léon Houa (BEL) 1894: Léon Houa (BEL) 1895: Race not held 1896: Race not held 1897: Race not held 1898: Race not held 1899: Race not held

1900–1919

1900: Race not held
1901: Race not held
1902: Race not held
1903: Race not held
1904: Race not held
1905: Race not held
1906: Race not held
1907: Race not held
1908: André Trousselier (FRA)
1909: Victor Fastre (BEL)
1910: Race not held
1911: Joseph Van Daele (BEL)
1912: Omer Verschoore (BEL)
1913: Maurits Moritz (BEL)
1914: not held due to World War I
1915: not held due to World War I
1916: not held due to World War I
1917: not held due to World War I
1918: not held due to World War I
1919: Léon Devos (BEL)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1940: not held due to World War II
1941: not held due to World War II
1942: not held due to World War II
1943: Richard Depoorter (BEL)
1944: not held due to World War II
1945: Jean Engels (BEL)
1946: Prosper Depredomme (BEL)
1947: Richard Depoorter (BEL)
1948: Maurice Mollin (BEL)
1949: Camille Danguillaume (FRA)
1950: Prosper Depredomme (BEL)
1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)
1952: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)
1953: Alois De Hertog (BEL)
1954: Marcel Ernzer (LUX)
1955: Stan Ockers (BEL)
1956: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1957: Frans Schoubben & Germain Derycke (BEL)
1958: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1959: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2039
2020: Primož Roglič (SLO) 2021: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)

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