Raymond Decorte was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, born in Waarschoot on 17 March 1898 and died there on 30 March 1972. His best-known result came in the 1927 Tour de France, where he won two stages and finished 11th in the general classification. He belonged to the generation that raced the Tour in its early decades, when stages were long and the field was small. The English Wikipedia article about him is brief, so this entry records only his birth and death, his Belgian nationality and that 1927 performance.
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Raymond Decorte (Waarschoot, 17 March 1898 — Waarschoot, 30 March 1972) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
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Raymond Decorte (Waarschoot, 17 March 1898, Waarschoot, 30 March 1972) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
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In the 1927 Tour de France, he won two stages and finished 11th in the general classification.
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Raymond Decorte (Waarschoot, 17 March 1898, Waarschoot, 30 March 1972) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
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In the 1927 Tour de France, he won two stages and finished 11th in the general classification.
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