Philippe Thys (cyclist)

Philippe Thys (Thĳs)
	Thys in 1913
Personal information
Full name	Philippe Thĳs
Nickname	Le basset (The Basset Hound)
Born	8 October 1889; Anderlecht, Belgium
Died	16 January 1971 (aged 81); Anderlecht, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1912–1914	Peugeot–Wolber
1917–1918	Peugeot–Wolber
1919–1921	La Sportive
1922–1924	Peugeot–Wolber
1925	Automoto–Hutchinson
1927	Opel–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.^[2]

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