Marcel Kint

'''Marcel Kint''' ([[Zwevegem]], 20 September 1914 – [[Kortrijk]], 23 March 2002) was a [[Belgian]] professional [[road bicycle racer]] who won 31 races between 1935 and 1951. His finest year was 1938 when he won the [[World Cycling Championship]], three stages of the [[Tour de France]] and the season-long competition equivalent to today's [[UCI ProTour]]. He specialized in one-day [[classic cycle races]] and won [[Paris–Roubaix]], [[Gent–Wevelgem]], [[Paris–Brussels]]. He is the only three-time consecutive winner of [[La Flèche Wallonne]]. == Major wins == {{Palmares start}} 1936 : Antwerpen-Gent-Antwerpen :[[1936 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stage 19 ::9th place overall classification 1938 : ''Unofficial'' Season Long Competition : {{flagiconUCI}}[[World Cycling Championship#World Cycling Champions|World Road Racing Champion]] :[[1938 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stages 15, 16 and 18 ::9th place overall classification : [[Paris–Brussels]] : 2nd – [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] : 3rd – [[Ronde van Vlaanderen]] 1939 : Antwerpen-Gent-Antwerpen :[[1939 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stages 8A and 18B : {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgian National Road Race Championships]] 1943 : [[La Flèche Wallonne]] : [[Paris–Roubaix]] 1944 : La Flèche Wallonne 1945 : La Flèche Wallonne 1949 : [[Gent–Wevelgem]] {{Palmares end}} == External links == *[http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2799.html Official Tour de France results for Marcel Kint] {{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | before=[[Émile Masson Jr.]] (1939) | title=[[Paris–Roubaix|Winner of Paris–Roubaix]] | after=[[Maurice Desimpelaere]] | years=1943}} {{s-end}} {{World Road Racing Champions}}