Gilbert De Smet

Not to be confused with Gilbert Desmet.

Gilbert De Smet
Personal information
Born(1936-03-18)18 March 1936
Nazareth, Israel
Died10 February 1987(1987-02-10) (aged 50)
Ghent, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider

Gilbert De Smet (18 March 1936 – 10 February 1987) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[1] He rode in four editions of the Tour de France and two of the Vuelta a España.[2][3]

Throughout his career, he was often confused with Gilbert Desmet, another Belgian cyclist with a very similar name.

  1. ^ "Gilbert De Smet". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Tour de France 1962". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson (1962)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.