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Description: Angers, 28 June 1963. A third place in the time trial in Angers was enough for Gilbert Desmet to don the yellow jersey. Back in 1956, during his Tour of France debut, Smetje was allowed to try out the yellow jersey for two days. This time around, however, he was hankering for much more: securing a final position. The second-tier cyclist always excelled in the Tour de France. For ten days he was lost in a yellow reverie, but in the Alps he had to acknowledge the superiority of the more experienced climbers. The cyclist from West Flanders could also kiss goodbye to the podium after his stay in a crummy Grenoble hotel. His whole team fell ill and one cyclist had to drop out of the race. Desmet also bowed out of the 17th stage because of an intestinal fungus infection. Farewell dream, farewell the Tour de France podium.
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