José Samyn

José Samyn
	Samyn in 1968
Personal information
Full name	José Samyn
Born	11 May 1946; Quiévrain, Belgium
Died	28 August 1969 (aged 23); Zingem, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1967-1968	Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune
1969	Bic
Major wins
	1 stage Tour de France (1967) ; Tour de Picardie (1969)

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

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 following year, however, a dope test carried out during the Tour proved positive.^[1] 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 Zingem the race was renamed Le Samyn (or Memorial Samyn) in his honor.

Major results

1967

Grand Prix de Denain

Solesmes

Tour de France:

Winner stage 11

1968: Circuit du Port de Dunkerque; GP Fayt-le-Franc; Wingene
1969: Tour de Picardie

References

^ "Fransman Samyn wegens doping uit de Tour". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 6 July 1968. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

External links

José Samyn at Cycling Archives (archived)
Official Tour de France results for José Samyn

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[1] "Fransman Samyn wegens doping uit de Tour". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 6 July 1968. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

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