Julien Vervaecke was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, born in Dadizele on 3 November 1899. He won the classics Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Brussels, took two stages of the Tour de France and finished third overall in the 1927 Tour de France. His younger brother Félicien Vervaecke was also a successful cyclist. He died in May 1940 at Roncq, France, during the Battle of Belgium, after an argument with a British army detachment that was preparing to blow up a bridge at Menen, where he owned a restaurant; the exact date is not known because his body was found weeks later. The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau investigated the case as an allied war crime.
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He won Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Brussels, 2 stages in the Tour de France and finished 3rd in the 1927 Tour de France.
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He won Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Brussels, 2 stages in the Tour de France and finished 3rd in the 1927 Tour de France.
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