Georges Ronsse

Georges Ronsse (4 March 1906, Antwerp - 4 July 1969, Berchem) was a two-time national cyclo-cross and two-time world champion road bicycle racer from Belgium, who raced between 1926 and 1938.

In addition to his several national and world championships, Ronsse won several of the classic races in road cycling including the 1925 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1927 Paris–Roubaix, and the 1927, 1929 and 1930 editions of the now-defunct Bordeaux–Paris. He won his first world championship title in 1928 in Budapest with a lead of 19 minutes and 43 seconds over second-placed finisher Herbert Nebe, the largest winning margin in road world championship history. In 1932, Ronsse capped off his career with a Stage 4 win at the 1932 Tour de France. After retiring from competition he served as manager of the Belgian national team at the Tour.

Road race

 * 1925
 * 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 1st Schaal Sels
 * 6th Overall Tour of Belgium Independents
 * 1st Stage 6


 * 1926
 * 3rd Championship of Flanders
 * 3rd Omloop der Leiestreek


 * 1927
 * 1st Paris–Roubaix
 * 1st Bordeaux–Paris
 * 1st Scheldeprijs
 * 1st Circuit of North-Belgium
 * 3rd Paris–Tours
 * 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 9th Tour of Flanders


 * 1928
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI World Championships
 * 1st Paris–Brussels
 * 1st Rupelmonde
 * 2nd Paris–Roubaix
 * 3rd Circuit de Paris (fr)


 * 1929
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI World Championships
 * 1st Bordeaux–Paris
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Belgian National Road Race Championships
 * 2nd Tour of Flanders
 * 2nd Paris–Roubaix
 * 3rd Paris–Tours


 * 1930
 * 1st Bordeaux–Paris
 * 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
 * 1st GP Wolber
 * 1st Antwerp–Brussels–Antwerp
 * 2nd Circuit du Midi
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Road race, UCI World Championships
 * 6th Paris–Tours
 * 6th Paris–Roubaix


 * 1931
 * 2nd Circuit de Paris (fr)
 * 3rd Paris–Lille (fr)
 * 3rd GP Wolber
 * 4th Paris–Roubaix


 * 1932
 * Tour de France
 * Winner stage 4
 * 5th place overall classification
 * 2nd Paris–Roubaix
 * 3rd Paris–Brussels


 * 1933
 * 1st GP Stad Antwerpen
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stage 1 & 4

Cyclo cross

 * 1927
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg National Championships


 * 1928
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg National Championships
 * 2nd Critérium International de Cyclo-cross (fr)


 * 1929
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg National Championships


 * 1930
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg National Championships
 * 2nd Critérium International de Cyclo-cross (fr)


 * 1931
 * 3rd Critérium International de Cyclo-cross (fr)


 * 1933
 * 1st Cyclo-cross championship of Antwerp

Track Cycling

 * 1934
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)


 * 1935
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Motor-paced, UCI Track World Championships, Brussels


 * 1936
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Motor-paced, UCI Track World Championships, Zürich
 * 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Adolf Schön)


 * 1937
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)
 * 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Maurice Depauw)


 * 1938
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Motor-paced Belgian National Track Championships (fr)