# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/germain-derycke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:05:24.845Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/germain-derycke"
name: "Germain Derycke"
slug: "germain-derycke"
description: "Germain Derycke was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Derycke was a classics specialist. In his second year as a professional he came second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. In 1953 he won Paris–Roubaix. He twice stood on the podium at the world road race championship, second to Fausto Coppi in 1953 and third in 1955 behind Stan Ockers and Jean-Pierre Schmitz."
tagline: "Belgian road bicycle racer (1929–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Germain_Derycke_(1954).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1929-11-02"
deathDate: "1978-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.410188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Germain Derycke"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derycke"
    title: "Germain Derycke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derycke"
    title: "Germain Derycke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derycke"
    title: "Germain Derycke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derycke"
    title: "Germain Derycke"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derycke"
    title: "Germain Derycke"
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    title: "ژرمن دریک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derijcke"
    title: "Germain Derijcke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Derycke"
    title: "Germain Derycke"
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    title: "Germain Derycke"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump