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Antoine Dignef

Died
April 9, 1991
Age
80 years
Cause
natural causes

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Antoine Dignef, 80, Belgian cyclist.

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Antoine Dignef (3 October 1910 – 9 April 1991) was a Belgian cyclist. He is best known for finishing 3rd overall and winning two stages of the Vuelta a España, making him the first ever winner of a stage in the Vuelta. He also won Scheldeprijs in 1938 and finished second in the 1935 Paris–Nice.

Major results

1932
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 2 & 7
1933
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 7
1934
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1935
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 & 4
9th Paris–Roubaix
1936
9th La Flèche Wallonne
9th Overall Paris–Nice
1938
1st Scheldeprijs
1939
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

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