José Samyn (11 May 1946 – 28 August 1969) was a French professional road bicycle racer who died during a race in

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. Samyn was born in Quiévrain, Belgium to a Belgian mother and French father, he took French nationality in 1964 . As an amateur, he won the 1965 French Military Cycling Championship. In 1967, he won a stage of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

. The following year, however, a dope test carried out during the Tour proved positive. Samyn was expelled from the race, suspended for one month and fined. He was the first winner of the GP Fayt-le-Franc, and after his death at

the race was renamed ''

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

'' (or ''Memorial Samyn'') in his honor.

Major results

;1967 :

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

:Solesmes :

: ::Winner stage 11 ;1968 :Circuit du Port de Dunkerque : GP Fayt-le-Franc :Wingene ;1969 :

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a s ...

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for José Samyn
1946 births 1969 deaths Cyclists who died while racing French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Sport deaths in Belgium Sportspeople from Nord (French department) Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Hainaut (province) Belgian people of French descent Belgian emigrants to France Cyclists from Hauts-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1940s-stub