1933 Paris–Roubaix
The 1933 Paris–Roubaix was the 34th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 16 April 1933 and stretched from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Sylvère Maes from Belgium. Results References Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...

Sylvère Maes
Sylvère Maes (; 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. Biography Born in 1909 as the youngest in a family of ten children, Maes rode his first cycling race in 1928, and immediately was one of the best young riders. At the end of the 1932 season, Maes became a professional cyclist, and in a short time managed to win two races for professionals. Maes was a cyclo-cross talent, which he showed by winning the 1933 Critérium International de Cyclo-cross, considered the unofficial cyclo-cross world championship. In 1933 Maes recorded his first major victory by winning Paris–Roubaix. In the rest of his career, he would focus on the Tour de France.Amels, p.52 1934 to 1935 Maes' first Tour de France succes ...
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Ludwig Geyer (cyclist)
Ludwig Geyer (August 18, 1904 in – January 31, 1992 in Pirmasens) was a German cyclist. He won the Tour de Suisse in 1934. Major results ;1929 :2nd Tour de Berne :2nd Züri-Metzgete ;1930 :2nd stage Deutschland Tour :2nd Berlin-Cottbus-Berlin ;1933 :3rd Grand Prix de Vannes :3rd Paris–Tours :3rd Trophée des grimpeurs :4th Paris-Roubaix :5th Milan–San Remo :7th Giro d'Italia ;1934 :1st Tour de Suisse ::4th stage :2nd Tour de Berlin :2nd German National Road Race Championships :7th Tour de France ;1937 :4th stage Deutschland Tour :2nd Deutschland Tour ;1939 :7th stage Deutschland Tour Grand tour results Tour de France *1931: 19th *1932: 22nd *1933: 12th *1934: 7th *1937: 28th Giro d'Italia *1932: 35th *1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...: 7th Refer ...
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1933 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the Germ ...
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